4-46 Face Issues

Uncle Zhen Wu is the most powerful figure in the limelight in the capital today, the newly baked uncle, the title of Minister of the Guard, and the Governor of Nanchang, entering the palace to talk to the emperor is as casual as going to the neighbor's house, plus the prestige of the first hero of the Ming Dynasty (this is a rumor spread by Gu Dahai), who can afford to provoke, who dares to provoke?

Don't ask, the old man who is with Uncle Zhen Wu must be the new Shangshu Song Yingxing, even if the young man who offered the treasure is not a relative of the two, he also has a great relationship, such as his own family holding a glass lamp and wearing civilian clothes, it is clear that he is here to find the ballast, but he actually smashed the glass lamp with the strength of wine, (just this virtue, it is the same if he doesn't drink) and sent someone to fight against Shangshu and the uncle, this is not looking for death?

It's too late to regret it, Qi Dian Fei calculated, although he is just a outsider now, but the household department has already decided that he has been promoted to a waiter, so the gap between the monks and the monks is not very big, as for Zhen Wubo's side, it is easy to do, even if he Liu Ziguang is a bull, he may not dare not to buy the face of Qi Zhenming, the commander of the Jinyi Guard and the secretary of the criminal department, that is his cousin, even if he takes another 10,000 steps, Liu Ziguang has to get along with himself, then he can also take the way of the cabinet to make money, and it depends on the owner to beat the dog. This is the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court, not the Ministry of Industry of you.

Thinking of this, Qi Dian felt that Lord Shangshu and Uncle Zhen Wubo were nothing to fear, so he stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency will take office immediately, why bother to come here." A misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding, a lowly job, and a drunk party in Taibai Mansion at night. ”

"What are you, you deserve to invite my uncle to drink!" There is no need for Liu Ziguang to speak, Lu Ying has already exploded, this kid is purely a dog, and a blind person can understand this matter in the Ministry of Industry today, Zhen Wubo is specially here to find Qi Dian's trouble, as Liu Ziguang's descendant, of course he can't let the boss make a move when he encounters this kind of thing.

Qi Dian was stunned for a moment, although the people of the Dongcheng Terracotta Division did not have any friendship, but it was not like this, before he could understand the taste, Lu Ying's big mouth had already been pumped one after another, and he scolded viciously while pumping back: "Dare to beat Uncle Zhenwu, see if Lao Tzu doesn't beat your." The two slaps knocked Qi Dian to the ground and was still angry, so he untied the cowhide belt around his waist and continued to jerk.

The people in the Ministry of Industry didn't dare to persuade them, so they could only kneel on the ground together and beg Lord Shangshu for mercy, Song Yingxing glanced at Liu Ziguang, Liu Ziguang nodded, and said, "Okay, don't fight." ”

Lu Ying put away the belt stupidly, and respectfully walked to Liu Ziguang to salute again.

"Take your people back, it's okay here." Liu Ziguang waved his hand to beat Lu Ying away, and then invited Song Yingxing over to lecture, Song Yingxing looked at the officials of the Ministry of Industry who were full of fat brains, red faces, and alcohol, frowned, didn't want to say anything, and were about to leave as soon as they flicked their sleeves, the officials didn't dare to stop them, so they had to let them leave.

"Congratulations to Uncle Zhenwu, congratulations to Lord Shangshu...."The officials got up from the ground one after another, respectfully followed behind, and the doorman who received Liu Ziguang's one or two silvers at the door only heard the noisy sound in the yamen, and the officers and soldiers went in and out, but they didn't know what was going on, and now they saw the three guys who came to offer treasures swaggering out of it, and the officials of the headquarters followed obediently like a pack of pugs, and they almost wagked their tails and begged for mercy.

Which one is this singing? The doorman touched the back of his head and looked at this strange scene in surprise, the three of them walked out of the gate of the Ministry of Industry without looking at him at all, and got on the carriage that came to meet him and drove away, looking at the specifications of the carriage, it seemed that it was for the uncle, and the shouts of the officials who sent out the gate made the doorman even more frightened, "Master Shangshu walks slowly~~"

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu entered the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, and I accepted one or two pieces of silver from him...... The doorman was petrified on the spot.

That night, Qi Dian sat in his cousin Qi Zhenming's house with a sad face, his face was swollen like a pig's head, and his speech was a little leaky: "Big brother, what do you think of this matter?" ”

"When did you provoke this god?" Qi Zhenming walked around the living room with his hands behind his back, shaking his head and sighing from time to time.

"I don't know, they came in with a broken lamp to offer treasure, and they beat me before I had time to take a closer look, which is obviously deliberately finding fault, big brother, you can't ignore it. You see what I've been beaten up for. Qi Dian said with a sad face, intentionally or unintentionally passing over the matter of dropping the glass lamp.

"Did you mention my relationship?" Qi Zhenming asked.

"Before I had time, how could they let me speak, the one surnamed Lu, without saying a word, took a belt to whip me, I was also an official of the imperial court, so I was beaten by them in public, how can I be an official in the future."

"I see, there's room for that." Hearing this, Qi Zhenming turned cloudy and sunny, this cousin is not a member of the Donglin Party, just a chess piece that can be used at any time in the Ministry of Industry, with the success of the coup, the chess piece has also become a pawn across the river, after some operation of the Ministry of Officials, the excerpt of Shi Lang of the Ministry of Industry has been handed over, which is equivalent to installing his own people in the Ministry of Industry controlled by Liu Ziguang, originally thought that this relationship was deliberately found by Liu Ziguang to dig up Qi Dian, it seems that things are not as bad as imagined.

Qi Zhenming thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Without further ado, you will follow me to Zhenwu Bo's Mansion to make amends, and if you have a promising brother, I guess Uncle Zhenwu will not embarrass you too much." ”

"What? Door-to-door reparation? They beat me and they want me to make amends! Qi Dian almost jumped up, he originally thought that his cousin's might could settle this matter, but his cousin, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, was so jealous of Zhen Wubo, which was really surprising to him.

"If you don't make amends, won't you wait for Uncle Zhen Wubo and Song Shangshu to come to make amends for you? Don't say that you are just a small outsider now, but if you really become a waiter, it is easy for people to pinch you to death. Qi Zhenming was a little angry, this cousin really didn't know what was going on, and it was really hard to talk to him.

Zhenwu Bo Mansion, Liu Ziguang is fiddling with a small motor powered by an alcohol internal combustion engine with Song Yingxing and Addison in the backyard, this small motor can supply hundreds of electric lights at the same time for lighting electricity, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, Liu Ziguang is ready to use this thing to present to the emperor, and install electric lighting for the palace as he likes, so as to drive the dignitaries and nobles in the capital to install electric lights, so that the Beijing electric light company he is preparing to build can be rich and rich.

The family came to report: Lord Jinyi Weiqi came to visit. The relationship between Liu Ziguang and Qi Zhenming is not bad, and when he heard this, he hurriedly came out to meet the guests, only to see Qi Zhenming dressed in civilian clothes, and there was a person behind him, who was the outsider of the Ministry of Labor who was beaten today.

"Brother Ziguang has always been good? Recently, my brother has been busy with official business, and he has no time to walk around the brother's house, so today I finally took some time to visit, and I asked Brother Ziguang not to blame me for being abrupt. Qi Zhenming said with a smile.

"Where is it, Brother Qi is a distinguished guest who can't be invited, come here, hurry up and serve tea." Liu Ziguang greeted politely, asked the maid to show Qi Zhenming tea, and pretended not to see Qi Dian behind Qi Zhenming.

"Lord Qi didn't come here so late just to see me, right?" Liu Ziguang asked.

"Brother Ziguang is really a cheerful person, in fact, this is the case, my brother occasionally gets a treasure knife, and since ancient times, the treasure knife has been given to heroes, and my old bones can't play with the knife, so I sent it to Brother Ziguang." Saying that, Qi Zhenming waved his hand, and the subordinate took a narrow brocade box, and after opening it, lying inside was a short knife with a length of one foot, the blade was straight, the front was wide and the back was narrow, the handle was made of agarwood, the scabbard was black lacquer, and the gold and silver were flat off Tang flowers, arabesques, flowing clouds, and beasts; The handle is equipped with copper gilding, and the line is engraved with Tang flowers and treasure flowers. The style is simple, not like the Central Plains.

"This is an imitation Tang knife shipped from Nara, the Japanese country, the knife is exquisite, extremely sharp, it is perfect for Brother Ziguang, and Brother Ziguang is invited to accept it with a smile."

"Haha, so I'm disrespectful. Come on, put away the sword. "This gift is worth a lot of money, but in Liu Ziguang's eyes, it is not Erer, and now it is popular to wear muskets on the body, who still plays with knives

Ah, but Qi Zhenming's face can't be withheld, so he still smiled politely.

Seeing Liu Ziguang accept the gift, Qi Zhenming was much more relieved when he spoke: "Brother Ziguang, I happened to meet this unsuccessful cousin when I came, I heard that he touched your tiger power today, please see my brother's thin face, give him a chance." ”

Speaking of this, Qi Zhenming gave Qi Dian a look, and the current staff wailang has long lost the eight-sided majesty of the day, and pounced

Kneeling on the ground and said: "Uncle, the humble position should be damned, the humble position has eyes and does not know Mount Tai, and please ask your old man not to look at the face of the monk and see the face of the Buddha, spare the humble position." ”

"How can you endure? Why do you call yourself a lowly position? I don't have your excellency in the inner guards and in the south factory, huh? Liu Ziguang asked pretending to be surprised. In fact, he knew in his heart that Qi Zhenming came to intercede for him, but he was not ready to give this face, nor could he give it, the files of the Ministry of Industry had been transferred to read, Qi Dian This guy is purely a wine bag and rice bag, such a person is actually a candidate for Shilang, in line with the attitude of thinking about Song Yingxing, the Ministry of Industry, and the court, no matter what, he will not let this person climb to the position of Shilang.

"The humble position is Qi Dian, a member of the Manufacturing Department of the Ministry of Industry, and today's humble duty collides with the adult, which is indeed unintentional...."Qi Dian said respectfully.

"Lord Qi acts impartially, what is the crime? How can this official blame you, you are a member of the manufacturing department, you said that the glass lamp is garbage, that is garbage, we have no opinion at all. It's just that I originally wanted to use that lamp to play with the emperor tonight, but now it's not easy to be smashed by you. Liu Ziguang casually buttoned a hat over.

"Uncle, the lowly position was indeed broken by a momentary mistake, if you knew that the little brother was your person, you wouldn't dare to make a mistake if you killed the lowly position." Qi Dian was so frightened that he panicked, knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing.

"That's not a little brother, that's a member of the Ministry of Labor like you, and it's a saint and a royal seal, what do you mean by saying that if it's the real Pingtou people who are offering treasure today, you can do whatever you want? Can you call something so good rubbish? The court raised you just to bury your talents? Do you know that you almost buried the greatest Ming family in the world! The more Liu Ziguang spoke, the more angry he became, and his voice gradually became higher.

"Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding, Brother Ziguang must give me this face, just spare him this time." Qi Zhenming hurriedly stood up and played a round.

"What did Brother Qi say, Brother Ling and I don't have any holidays? He beat Shangguan in public and broke the tribute, those who have nothing to do with me at all, if there is anything to explain and apologize for, go directly to Song Shangshu tomorrow to talk to him. Liu Ziguang was a little irritable, if it weren't for Qi Zhenming's face, he would have drawn a knife and cut this guy down, and threw it directly into a sack and threw it into the Yangtze River, and the whole world would be quiet.

"Where do you start with this, I heard that Song Shangshu is a close friend of Brother Ziguang, so I have to ask Brother Ziguang to mediate, as long as I need to do something, someone will definitely be able to do it. As long as I can keep my brother safe, when I can use Jinyiwei and the Criminal Department in the future, it will not be a brother's word. Qi Zhenming was also a little unhappy, he was also a member of the imperial court, and he didn't give any face, and it was too much to say.

For this matter is really not worth offending Qi Zhenming, Liu Ziguang snorted and said: "I will naturally go to talk about Lord Song, and it didn't hurt anyone anyway." Qi Dian, you will lose some silver and it will be over, Brother Qi, do you think this is okay? ”

"Brother Ziguang is really a cheerful person, why don't we go to the Qinhuai River to find a painting boat and get drunk." Qi Zhenming smiled and invited Liu Ziguang to go out to drink flower wine, the capital has a rich nightlife, and it is common to go home when you play until night.

"Another day...."Liu Ziguang looked at the door of the living room, Qi Zhenming followed his gaze, and saw two beautiful girls looking inside by the door. The two are Peng Jingwei and Liu Xiaomei, who have already made friends.

"In this way, I won't bother Brother Ziguang." Qi Zhenming smiled very knowingly and took Qi Dian to leave.

After sending Qi Zhenming out of the mansion, Liu Ziguang turned around and came back, Peng Jingwei pulled Liu Xiaocat to block him and asked, "Brother-in-law, didn't you say that you took us to the palace to play?" When are you going? ”

"Well, let's go."

On the way, Qi Dian asked Qi Zhenming, "Big brother, is this all right?" ”

"Nothing? They just promised not to pursue you for beating Shangguan, as for the errand of the Ministry of Works..."Qi Zhenming sneered, he knew that Liu Ziguang was not so easy to let go of Qi Dian.

"Won't my squire be able to do it?" Qi Dian is in a hurry.

"The squire is a second-class master, it's not a Shangshu who has just come to power and can't let you do it, and it's not something that he Liu Ziguang can do, this....depends on the emperor's meaning." Qi Zhenming asked with a deep groan.

"The Mid-Autumn Festival palace is going to be lit up, and you don't have any novelty in the manufacturing department....such as lanterns or something?"