Han Jian entered the Ye'an Pavilion, and the empress was still sitting behind the desk. Hearing the footsteps, the empress glanced up at Han Jian and said indifferently, "The East King is here?" ”

Han Jian hurriedly saluted. The empress responded, still holding the notebook in her hand, and her expression was not nervous, which was different from what Han Jian expected. At this time, the war between the Northern King has just started, and the empress will not be worried about it?

"I don't know what happened when His Majesty summoned the ministers?" Although Han Jian has had some feelings since the last Hanli Palace, it is inconvenient for this kind of love to come out in front of the empress. Originally, he thought that if something big happened, the empress would summon him, but judging from the current atmosphere, it shouldn't be.

"I summoned you to tell you about the war in the north." The empress asked the eunuch to hand the book to Han Jian and said, "You take a look first." ”

Han Jian took the notebook and took a general look, because the war in the north had just happened, and there was no telegram in these years, relying only on the flying pigeon or the Pegasus report could not guarantee that the news from the front line would reach Luoyang as soon as possible, so that the battle report on the front line was very sluggish. Han Jian still held the battle report a few days ago, saying that the Beiwang side had begun to organize an effective defense, burning all the summer grain that could be collected in the future outside the border defense town, and stationed troops in the city, preparing to fight a protracted war with the Xianbei people.

Lu Shaokun, who had just come back from the side, added with a smile: "The front line reported that although the Xianbei people were menacing this time, they were only for looting. The northern summer grain was harvested later, and although the northern king's move destroyed some of the summer grain, it also made the Xianbei people helpless. I believe that it won't be long before the Xianbei people will retreat. ”

Lu Shaokun finished speaking. Han Jian also finished reading the battle report. This means that the Xianbei invasion thunders and rains little?

Why, then, did the Empress come to him just to prove that she was right?

After Lu Shaokun finished speaking, he looked at the empress with a smile on his face, probably feeling happy that the situation of the Xianbei invasion had not expanded. The empress kept looking at Han Jian, and Han Jian's expression was calm, as if she was thinking about something.

"Dongwang, what do you think?" The Empress asked.

Han Jianxin said, now you all think that the invasion of the Xianbei people is just a trivial matter. Nothing will be said to help. It is better to have an opinion than rot in the stomach.

"Back to Majesty. The minister's qualifications are still shallow, and if there are any mistakes before, please forgive me. Han Jian said with a look of humility.

The empress nodded, with a slight smile on her face, as if she was very satisfied with Han Jian's attitude of "having the courage to admit mistakes". The empress said: "The affairs of the Xianbei people will be in charge of the North King for the time being. The king of the east does not need to worry. Now it's time to listen to the room. After a few days. I've sent you to the Penal Division. You go down first. ”

Han Jian heard the "Prudent Punishment Division" and took a breath, the empress actually let him go to the "Hades Palace" to practice? The people of the Yamen of the Prudent Criminal Division. Each one of them was either a judge or a ghost, and he really couldn't think of anything to experience in that place.

Han Jian bowed and left the palace alone. Walking on the road, he suddenly found that the empress didn't need him now, and he was a little abandoned.

At that time, the empress placed him in the Treasury Division, which was supposed to investigate the corruption case in the Treasury Division, and now that the case has been revealed, his role is gone, and the next step is to go to the Criminal Division, which is at most a formality. At this time, Han Jian was slightly disappointed in the empress, and what he wanted now was to return to Jiangdu as soon as possible and become his eastern king, instead of having nothing to do all day in Luoyang City.

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In the next few days, Han Jian was still very idle and could spend more time doing his own business.

When I am free, I go to visit Luoyang City with Gu Xin'er, there are many places to visit in Luoyang City, and there are many places of interest outside the city, it is early summer, and there are many people everywhere, Han Jian also likes the feeling of joining in the fun. If he didn't go on a date with Gu Xin'er, Han Jian would go to Qingxu Yashe to discuss the future development plan of Qingxu Yashe with Lin Xiaoshu, Lin Xiaoshu has been the big shopkeeper for some time, and now she has begun to open a morning market, and by the way, she will launch some new dishes. Han Jian felt that Lin Xiaoshu was very attentive in this regard, a girl from a peasant family had a tenacity in her bones that did not admit defeat. In addition, Han Jian finally printed the ninth and tenth volumes of the Three Kingdoms comic book and prepared it for sale in Luoyang City.

The weather was very good for a few days, and Han Jian sometimes sat in the Qingxu Elegant House, and he couldn't help but think of Yang Xi who was on the way to Nanqi. Without Yang Xi coming to disturb him, he felt a little unaccustomed, but Huang Lie came to disturb him from time to time, but he was talking nonsense that didn't make sense.

On this morning, Han Jian had just come over from the bookstore, and in the afternoon, the bookstore was going to sell the Three Kingdoms comic strips in several bookstores in the city. In advance, Han Jian had already sent people to do publicity in the city. Because of the prevalence of Chinese in Luoyang City, and the previous volumes of the Three Kingdoms comic strips have become all the rage, this sale event has also attracted the attention of many people.

Han Jian doesn't want fame and fortune when he publishes books, he is responsible for the planning and arrangement of this matter, but when it comes to the actual release, he doesn't have to do it himself, and someone will handle things well.

Han Jian and Sima Ruan Ning went to the Qingxu Villa together, but it was not yet noon, so there were no guests in the Qingxu Mansion. The three of them went upstairs and sat down together, and Sima Yi was still talking about what happened in the bookstore just now.

At this moment, Huang Liexing rushed upstairs and came to Han Jian's table.

"Brother Han, how many days have you not seen you, okay?" Huang Lie sat down on the chair and asked with a smile.

Sima Yu said dissatisfiedly: "Why don't you see you for a few days, didn't you come here yesterday?" ”

"Alas!" Huang Lie sighed and said, "I mean, I haven't had a long talk with Brother Han for a few days, Yang Gongzi is no longer here, there are only a few of us left, shouldn't we get acquainted with each other?" ”

When Han Jian heard this, it was as if he was saying that Yang Xi was no longer alive, but Yang Xi went to Southern Qi and was no different from dead. Even if it is a qiē shun lì, it will take two or three months for Yang Xi to go back and forth, and this is not counting the time period of "friendly visit wèn" in Southern Qi.

"Huang Gongzi is here, is there something wrong?" Han Jian asked.

"It's not a big deal, it's just that there's a good place, I want to take Brother Han over to have a look." Huang Lie said with a smile.

Han Jian didn't speak, and Sima Yi on the side asked first, "Good place." What's the good place? Wouldn't it be a brothel with a few girls you like? ”

Huang Lie hurriedly said, "By no means." The place I took a few people to this time is definitely a good place to come home, clean inside, and there are girls...... But it's not good. Brother Han, are you going? ”

Han Jian originally thought that Huang Lie had changed sex this time, but when he heard that there was still a girl, he knew that Huang Lie's intentions were not so simple. Han Jian thought to himself, this kid picks up the girl by himself, why does he have to come over and pull a few friends every time. Could it be that this kid will have stage fright if he goes alone?

"Where?" Han Jian didn't say go. I didn't say no, but asked.

Huang Lie pondered the words and said, "That's it...... A small building is actually an embroidery workshop. How many people in the embroidery workshop know? It's where the girls are embroidering inside, and there's something I forgot to tell you. I just received a letter from home yesterday. My family told me to go back to the south. It may not take me more than a few days before I have to leave for the south. ”

When Huang Lie said that he wanted to go back to the south, Han Jian could probably guess what the people of the Nanwang and the Huang family thought. Huang Lie had the "evil act" of killing people in Luoyang City. Fortunately, the person who killed him was finally proven to be a criminal minister of the imperial court, and he escaped, after which Huang Lie was assassinated. Probably because the people of the Huang family felt that Huang Lie would continue to cause trouble if he stayed in the capital, so they informed him to let him go back.

Sima Yu asked, "Then I'll go with you to Xiaolou...... Oh, it's an embroidery workshop, what does it matter? ”

Huang Lie smiled and said: "Actually, I just went to buy some gifts or something, and brought them back, as souvenirs for relatives and friends, so that they would know that I had come to Luoyang City." A few of them, just go down to choose a good gift, so good? ”

Han Jian secretly wondered that Huang Lie spared no effort to let them go to any embroidery workshop, it must be more than just to buy some embroidery as a gift. There must be some "conspiracy" in this. However, Han Jian also knows Huang Lie's character, if you want to say that it is not bad, it is not bad, at most, he does not know how to check, and he is not a brain. Such a person can't do anything too bad if he does evil, but he will occasionally do something evil that angers people and people feel angry.

"Okay, let's go together." Han Jian nodded.

When Huang Lie heard Han Jian's promise, he said happily: "Okay, let's ...... Walk? On the way, I will tell you about the benefits of this embroidery workshop, the embroidery work inside is really beautiful, if Brother Han likes it, buy a few more and give it back to that ...... Which girl is ......?"

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Han Jian had nothing to do, he came out to go to the embroidery workshop with Huang Lie, at most he just came out to hang out. He really didn't know what to do now.

If you are born before the word, the age of sixteen is good to study, which is the hardest time in your life. And now although his studies are endless, and there is no way to achieve success, fortunately, he is in Luoyang, far away from his aunts at home, so no one urges him to study. As for official affairs, he doesn't need to pay attention to it now, after working in the Shangting Office for a few days, he took the Kusi Yamen, he has become a pestilence-like figure, which yamen dares to accept him now? Han Jian suddenly seemed to understand, the reason why the empress was ready to let him go to the Shen Criminal Division to help was entirely because the "Hades Palace" like the Shen Criminal Division was taboo, and she was not afraid that he would poke a hole.

Huang Lie talked about the benefits of the embroidery workshop all the way, but in the end, he was still praising the girl inside for being beautiful and ingenious. Han Jianxin said that the drunkard didn't mean to drink, and Huang Lie went to the embroidery workshop to pursue the girl.

After walking a few streets, Huang Lie suddenly pointed to a small building on the side of the road and said, "It's here." ”

Han Jian raised his head when he heard this, and there was a very simple two-story building in front of him, the wooden building was a little dilapidated, but it was also very chic. On the door plaque hanging outside the small building, the words "flowers and butterflies" are written. In addition, there is no indication of what kind of place this is, and there is no indication that this is an embroidery workshop, if you don't know, you will think it is a brothel when you see such a beautiful name.

"Brother Han, how is it here?" Huang Liexing looked at Han Jian and asked.

Sima Yi smiled on the side: "Good place." Where do you see that this is an embroidery workshop? Huang Gongzi, you won't Kuang us, right? Said that it was an embroidery workshop, but after entering it, I realized that it was still a brothel, but the girls in the brothel spent their leisure time and embroidered in it. ”

Huang Lie Zhengse said: "Brother Sima, you can insult me, but you can't insult the girls in the embroidery workshop, they are all good women with a good heart." After a while, you went in and said that in front of people, don't blame me...... I'm going to turn the other cheek with you. ”

Sima Yi also wanted to continue to entertain Huang Lie, but was stopped by Han Jian. It's rare that Huang Lie is also passing through such a book, Han Jian feels that he has to give him a little face, since it is an embroidery workshop, it doesn't hurt to go in and take a look, even if it is a brothel inside, several of them are young men, and it is not ashamed to walk around the brothel in this year.

Han Jian first gave two orders to his entourage and asked them to wait outside before saying to Huang Lie and the others, "Go in and have a look." ”

Huang Lie led the way: "Brother Han still has insight, please do this." ”

Han Jian led the way in Huang Lie and entered the small building.

Originally, Han Jian thought that since it was an embroidery workshop, he entered the small building and was not a workshop but also a storefront, but when he arrived in the small building, he found that it was a very clean and elegant living room. There is a round table in the living room, and there seems to be an embroidered bed in the inner room behind the gauze tent. With so many things in such a small building on the street, it is hard not to think that this is actually a brothel, and only in the hall of the brothel will there be beds.

Han Jian looked at the surrounding furnishings, as if there was no one in the boudoir of his daughter's house, there was a door curtain and a backyard, and there was no one there.

Sima Yu looked around and said with a smile: "Huang Gongzi, this place is not like a brothel, but it seems to be a house for secret prostitutes, which you often visit?" ”

Huang Lie was a little angry and said, "Brother Sima, don't let you say that again." I'll go in and call someone. ”

Before Huang Lie entered the backyard, he saw that the door curtain was opened, and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl who was still quite handsome, holding a dustpan with colorful silk threads came out.

"...... you," the girl looked at the people in front of her with some hostility.

Huang Lie hurriedly said, "Girl, you don't recognize me?" I often come to talk to your shopkeeper, take a look? ”

"Oh." The girl seemed to remember, and said, "You are ...... Huang Gongzi? I heard my sister mention you......" Speaking of this, the girl's face showed a hint of vigilance, it should be "her sister" who said that Huang Lie was not a good thing, "Huang Gongzi, why are you here?" ”

"I've come to your shopkeeper, she...... Available in? Huang Lie asked expectantly.

"My sister went out to talk to someone about things, and she won't come back until after noon, if you don't have anything important, please go back." The girl seemed to give an eviction order.

Huang Lie heard the girl's words, and hurriedly said: "Don't, this time I came to tell your shopkeeper that I have something important, this is an important matter...... It's about talking about a deal. I'm going to buy a lot of embroidery, I'm ...... The Han Gongzi next to me also likes your embroidery and is ready to buy a lot from you. The girl won't push the door-to-door business, right? (To be continued......)