After entering the city of Beijing, seeing the refugees everywhere, neither Yue Yang nor He Kegang felt very comfortable, and then saw the luxurious mansions with high walls on both sides of the street and the faint sound of silk bamboo pipa from the high walls, Yue Yang's heart immediately appeared in a sentence that often appeared in textbooks when he was a child, and he groaned softly after thinking of this.

"Alas...... Zhumen's wine and meat stinky road has frozen bones! ”

He Kegang, who was on the side, turned white with fright after hearing this, and he glared at Yue Yang fiercely and shouted in a low voice: "Lord Yue, be cautious, if people hear you chanting this poem, we can't escape it!" ”

"Huh...... What's wrong with me again? Isn't it just a poem? ”

Yue Yang, who was confused, glanced at He Kegang very puzzled, buddy just chanted a poem, why do you react so strongly! And Yue Yang remembered that this poem seemed to be a poem by the great poet Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty, why are you so nervous.

Seeing the puzzled look on Yue Yang's face, He Kegang was almost angry with him, whether this guy really doesn't know or not, what poem is not easy to read, but I just read this poem, you are still a person who has read a book, and you don't even understand this taboo.

In desperation, He Kegang had no choice but to whisper to Yue Yang: "You can read this poem in any dynasty, but you can't read it in our Ming Dynasty, have you forgotten what the emperor's surname is?" ”

"I ......"

Now Yue Yang understands that the poem of feelings is really taboo. Today's emperor's surname is Zhu, but you say that "Zhumen's wine and meat stink and there are frozen bones on the road", isn't this satirizing the mediocrity of the old Zhu family! However, Yue Yang also expressed his understanding of this, not to mention the current feudal era, even in the future generations, if you try to scold Jinshang, try to see if the iron fist of the dictatorship will beat your bezoar dog treasure out.

Yue Yang shrugged his shoulders in understanding, and then stopped talking. After a while, He Kegang asked Yue Yangdao, "Lord Yue, it's almost noon now. Let's hurry up and report to the Ministry of Soldiers, and then do a good job of sending envoys. ”

The military department of the Ming Dynasty is equivalent to the joint name of the Ministry of National Defense, the General Logistics Department and the General Staff Department of the later generations, and the power is quite large, whether it is the promotion of officers, the transfer of troops or the military attachés from other places to the capital to do business, can not bypass it, although Yueyang is ordered to enter Beijing to do business, but theoretically you still have to report to the military department first, say what you are doing today, where you want to stay for a few days, otherwise more than 1,000 soldiers in the capital all day long is not a trivial matter, how can he urge Yue Yang to go to the military department yamen to report.

"Go to the Yamen of the Ministry of War to report?" Yue Yang thought about it, and couldn't help but feel a little unhappy in his heart. In his heart: "Chen Xinjia is in the military department, if it passes now, will he be troubled?" ”

However, after thinking about it, he decided to go to the military department to report first, if the people from the military department's yamen dared to make things difficult for him, he just took the opportunity to pick on him and quit. However, it is obvious that Yue Yang's idea has failed, when Yue Yang and He Kegang reported to the Military Election Division of the Ministry of War, although the foreign officer of the Military Selection Division did not have a very good attitude towards him, but the efficiency of handling affairs was quite high, after Yue Yang showed the holy decree. The relevant procedures were completed for them quickly, and there was no prevarication and procrastination style in my impression.

"Grass, it seems that even those officials and masters of the military department know that we are here to go to the thunder, otherwise we would not have completed the formalities without even two quarters of an hour's effort. It's clear that it's just to see our jokes! After leaving the yamen, Yue Yang scolded indignantly, and until this time, Yue Yang's mind still had the gloating face of the martial arts division member Wailang when he went through the formalities for them.

He Kegang had a look that he had known for a long time. He can be regarded as a person who has been rolling in officialdom for more than ten years, and he has naturally seen too much of this kind of thing, and it is the practice of officialdom to be red and white. It is the nature of officials to fall into the well, and this holy decree is clearly to trap you Yueyang, in that case, where will those officials make things difficult for you in this kind of matter, they can't wait to watch the excitement from the sidelines.

However, Yue Yang only scolded a few times, he looked back at the thousand cavalry and hundreds of carts following him, and a sneer rose on his face, Chongzhen, Chongzhen, since you are unkind, then don't blame me for being unjust, see if Lao Tzu doesn't take out the bezoar dog treasure of those rich businessmen in the capital.

Thinking of this, he said lightly to He Kegang: "Lord He, although you and I are officials in the same dynasty, and your official rank is the same as this official, but this time you are ordered to assist this official in handling the case, so this official hopes that you will obey this official's orders later, otherwise this official will have to march the law!" ”

"Hmm......" He Kegang's eyebrows raised, he couldn't believe his ears, this Yue Yang actually threatened to march to the military law, what did he want to do?

Thinking of this, He Kegang's heart couldn't help but skip a beat, and he suddenly raised his voice and said, "Lord Yue, what do you want to do?" I tell you, this is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, you don't have to make trouble! ”

Yue Yang smiled evilly: "Don't worry, I promise that as long as those rich families obediently take out the silver, grain and grass, I will definitely not cause trouble." ”

As soon as Yue Yang's words fell, a war horse had already come running from a distance, and when it came to the front, the war horse slowed down. He Kegang recognized the person, this person was the head of Yue Yang's cavalry, he didn't know where he ran after entering the city just now, and now he appeared.

The person who came was Wu Chengfeng, I saw him running to Yue Yang with excitement on his face, took out a piece of paper from his arms, handed it to Yue Yang with both hands, and said loudly: "My lord, I have inquired about all the humble positions, and the famous rich families and addresses in the capital are all on this piece of paper." ”

Yue Yang took the paper and looked at it at a glance and nodded, "Yes, you can inquire about so many things in less than two hours, and you are still attentive." ”

Wu Chengfeng, who was praised by Yue Yang, grinned, "My lord, this kind of thing is known to everyone on the street, as long as you catch one or two idlers on the street and ask, this job is too simple compared to playing with the Tartar detectives in front of the battle." ”

Yue Yang looked at the note, fixed his gaze on the name of the first line, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Since everything is done, then let's be the first to take these people!" Wu Chengfeng, lead the way! ”

"Yes!"

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Beijing city as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, it is not an exaggeration to describe the number of dignitaries and wealthy households here, Beijing is divided into four parts: the outer city, the inner city, the imperial city and the Forbidden City. As the name suggests, the Imperial City and the Inner City are where the emperor, concubines and royal families lived, and ordinary people had no right to live in them. The outer city is where the common people and the poor gather, and the inner city is where the rich and the officials live.

The inner city is close to the east of Chaoyang Gate. The people who live here are either rich or noble, because this is the residence of the powerful, so this generation is also the focus of fifty percent of the Terracotta Division, and many people from the Terracotta Division patrol here every day.

Huang Dafu, a native of Beijing who grew up under the roots of the imperial city, inherited his profession as Lao Tzu just five years ago and became an honorable inspector of the Fifty Percent Soldiers and Horses, and his daily errand was to patrol this area of the East Avenue with his colleagues in case refugees or idlers slipped in to disturb the lives of the old men who lived in this generation.

Today, after having lunch with his companion Xiao Pan as usual, Huang Dafu wore a red and black soap suit from the Terracotta Division, carried an iron ruler around his waist, and walked lazily on the street. By the way, from time to time, I take a look at the big girl and the little daughter-in-law in the past.

The weather in the capital in June is hot, it is noon, the bluestone paved street is steaming under the scorching sun, Huang Dafu and Xiao Pan walked for a while and felt that their backs had already been penetrated by sweat, Xiao Pan pulled Huang Dafu's sleeve and said: "Brother Dafu, this ghost weather is too hot, let's rest and go again, and if we go on like this, Lao Tzu must be roasted." ”

Huang Dafu looked up at the sky, "Okay." Let's go to the teahouse of Lao Chen's house in front of us to drink a bowl of tea and then leave. ”

"Good ......," Xiao Pan smiled and ran forward.

"This kid ......"

Huang Dafu looked at Xiao Pan, who was running fast, smiled and shook his head and followed. A few minutes later, the two sat down at a roadside tea stall under a parasol made of straw mats. After taking a sip of a large bowl of tea with hot air, a stream of warmth flowed down his stomach, and Xiao Pan burped comfortably before saying, "It's so fucking comfortable, I've been drinking tea for so many years." It is still the big bowl of tea of the old Chen family that is the most authentic. ”

A thin old Chen next to him heard Xiao Pan's words, and smiled with a big teapot. At this time, a tea guest said, "Xiao Pan." I said that you and Laifu patrolling the streets on such a hot day are purely frustrating, how can anyone dare to make trouble here in this kind of ghost weather. ”

"It's hard to say." Huang Dafu on the side shook his head, "The situation these days has been seen by the big guys, I heard that the Tartars have laid down Changping, so many homeless people have poured into the capital, these days a lot of mud legs have taken risks in order to survive, there are burglars, there are murder and goods, our area is where the rich man lives, if those mud legs rush in and scare a few masters, what fork happened, we lost the errand or a trivial matter, I can't even keep my head, can you be careless?" ”

"Alas...... Also, this world is so fucking difficult! The others also sighed.

While everyone was talking, there was a dense and crisp sound of horses' hooves from the east side of the street, no one could hear this sound wrong, it was the sound of horseshoes hitting the bluestone slab, but what made everyone rush was that the strange thing was that these horses' hooves were too dense, it seemed that there were a lot of people.

Huang Dafu put down the big bowl of tea, wiped the tea foam on his lips and looked east, he soon saw a group of cavalry wearing black and gray armor appeared in front of him, these cavalry were not slow, and soon came to Huang Dafu and them.

"Appeal ......"

With a long shout from the knight at the head, he and the cavalry behind him all stopped in front of the Chen Ji Tea Shop, and for a time the whole street was crowded with heavily armed knights, all of these knights stopped and stood still, no one spoke, and for a time the whole street was silent, and a murderous aura permeated the surroundings, and even the big yellow dog sleeping in the corner of the tea shop ran into the house with his tail between his legs and never dared to come out again.

One of the knights at the head turned his head to look at Huang Dafu and Xiao Pan, who were wearing red soap robes, and asked in a deep voice: "Seeing that you two are wearing the clothes of the public gate, which yamen are you?" What to do here? Where is this again? ”

Although Huang Dafu and Xiao Pan also patrol the surroundings on weekdays, catch thieves and thieves, and ask themselves a little bravely, but at this moment, when facing these cavalry, the two of them felt that what they saw in front of them was a majestic and murderous aura, especially those soldiers who inadvertently looked at them with a trace of murderous aura, and the two only felt that their legs and stomachs began to cramp.

After listening to the words of the knight in charge, Xiao Pan replied tremblingly: "Return...... Back to adults. The villain is ...... It is the inspection of fifty percent of the soldiers and horses, and it is now ...... Ordered...... Ordered to patrol the area, the homeless people on one side came in and disturbed the ...... Ladies and gentlemen. ”

The other party's brows furrowed, "This area is a lion alley?" ”

Huang Dafu also stammered and replied: "It's ...... Precisely...... Walking ahead, there is Lion Alley, where it is inhabited by rich lords. ”

"So we're on the right track." The knight at the head nodded, muttered in a low voice, and then asked, "Are you familiar with this area?" ”

Huang Dafu nodded and said: "Back to the adults, the villains grew up in this area when they were young, and there is nothing that the villains don't know." ”

"That's right." The knight nodded. "In that case, then you should work hard today, do something with this official, come on, give each of them a horse, and keep up!"

"Yes!"

Soon, two tall horses were led in front of Huang Dafu and Xiao Pan.

"Your Excellency...... This...... What does that mean. Huang Dafu and Xiao Pan looked at the knight blankly.

"It's nothing, it's just for you to show the way." The knight at the head said lightly.

"It's not...... My lord, this is not in order! ”

"Get on the horse!"

In the exclamations of Huang Dafu and Xiao Pan. The two were pushed onto their horses and rushed forward under the coercion of many cavalry......

"Boom ......"

With a loud bang, a gate was pushed open, and countless soldiers in black armor poured into the palatial-looking mansion.

"You...... Who are you? How dare you trespass on our lord's mansion! ”

A middle-aged man in a cyan silk robe who looked like a butler stumbled out of the mansion, and his anger surged up when he looked at the subordinates who were scurrying around like headless flies in the mansion and the group of sergeants standing in front of the door. When he was young, this housekeeper also followed his master to the north and south. Even if he had seen the world, he did not feel too much fear in the face of these soldiers, but walked up to the soldiers and pointed to the young officer led by them and shouted angrily: "Who are you? Where are the soldiers? dared to trespass on the Zhou Mansion. Believe it or not, as soon as our lord submits the complaint, the court will pick you off! ”

Looking at the fingers that were almost pointing to his nose, the officer at the head smiled slightly, grabbed the finger pointing at him like lightning and pressed it lightly, only to hear a soft sound of "click", and the butler immediately knelt in front of him in pain, and then a terrible howl sounded.

Looking at the butler who was kneeling in front of him in a cold sweat and howling incessantly, the young officer's face slowly turned cold, he leaned down and said softly: "You just said that as long as your master has a complaint, the court will pick up my skin, to be honest, I really don't believe it." Go, call your lord out, just say that the general of the North Shanxi Road, the general of the Zhenguo Yue River is aimed at raising grain in Beijing, and the rich merchants in the city must not obstruct it, otherwise they will be punished for the crime of collaborating with the enemy, and I will give you a stick of incense. As long as you take out 50,000 taels of silver and 1,000 stone of grain, the official will immediately turn around and leave, otherwise you will blame the official for being polite! ”

"What? 50,000 taels of silver, 1,000 stone of grain, why don't you go and grab it! The housekeeper was also stiff, although he almost fainted in pain, he still stared at Yue Yang with blood-red eyes, as if he wanted to imprint Yue Yang's appearance in his heart.

For such a gaze Yue Yang didn't care, he smiled faintly and said, "I know you hate me very much, and now you want to dismantle me, right?" It doesn't matter, I'll give you three more breaths now, if you don't invite your master, your other finger won't be safe! ”

Although Yue Yang said it in a relaxed tone, with the lesson just now, the housekeeper would never doubt the authenticity of this sentence, he struggled to stand up, glared at Yue Yang hatefully, and staggered towards the inner courtyard.

The butler's resentful gaze naturally did not escape the eyes of Yue Yang and He Kegang beside him, He Kegang frowned and persuaded: "Lord Yue, as the saying goes, leave a line in life, and see each other in the future." We're just ordered to raise food, you don't have to be so ruthless, you must know that offending these people is very troublesome, I'm afraid that today we just finished raising food, and tomorrow's impeachment of us will be piled up on the emperor's dragon case. ”

"So what?" Yue Yang sneered: "Since the moment the emperor handed over this messenger to me, I have no way out at all. If I don't raise food and silver, then I am ineffective and have a negative grace, if I raise food and silver, it is arson and disturb the people to take advantage of it, no matter what the official does, he will offend people, in this case, the official will simply make a big fuss, let people see that the official is not a piece of mud to be kneaded, and if the official is anxious, the official will also bite! ”

Looking at Yue Yang's cold face and eerie voice, He Kegang suddenly felt a chill in his heart...... (To be continued......)