107. Subordinates

For three days in a row, the Prime Minister's Mansion was as calm as water, no one dared to mention the events of that night, Feng Qiwu still went to the court, wrapped tightly and gorgeously, the pure gold mask was hideous and majestic, it was the image of the evil ghost Rakshasa , and the forest was so cold that people did not dare to approach.

Feng Lin was unlucky, because it was expected that Feng Qiwu was injured and had to take leave to recuperate, and he was omitted late that morning, but he missed the time when the prime minister went to court, so he was given the rank of guard with a knife because of dereliction of duty, and became a dark spy who could not see the light.

On this day, he was discussing his new mission with Wu Ge, and a man came on a flying horse, hunting with a red cloak.

"Phew-" The man raised his cloak and dismounted with the reins. "Yes, you guys! No one came to tell me about such a big event, and I said that there must be a reason why I was suddenly sent to the position of Fenglin. Ah Lin, let me ask you, Danshaqi really burned?! ”

"Hey, Brother Chu!" Feng Lin hurriedly caught up, hammered his shoulder armor hard, and laughed: "Your brand-new outfit is becoming more and more majestic, running so fast that you can't see your face clearly, and you are busy asking questions when you come to meet your breath when you don't even breathe." I haven't asked you yet, how is the cavalry captain of the forbidden army and the guard with a sword in the third grade? A few years ago, Xiao Dengke, I didn't go to congratulate you when I went out on foreign affairs, and now you take my position, which should be regarded as compensation for you! ”

Chu Qin made a gesture and whipped him with a horsewhip: "Look at you, you have probably been with men for a long time, and you have learned to be so sharp-tongued and unreasonable." Don't worry, when you find out the Danshaqi, your lord will naturally reinstate your official. I'll take this for you first, beware of others seeing the stitches and robbing this beauty difference. ”

Feng Lin laughed, put a pair of brothers on his shoulders, and said, "At that time, I wanted your forbidden army cavalry captain, I don't know if you are willing to give it?" ”

"Give! If you ever win a horse race against me, I'll give you anything! ”

The two of you say a word, and I say a word, as if no one is around. The cavalry captain of the forbidden army is not low, leading the cavalry of the imperial city while training the knights in the palace, and the elite white * of the empire is composed of cavalry, and its importance can be imagined. It's just that although the functions are heavy, they are resident in the palace, and they are not like Fenglin doing the work in front of the prime minister. Besides, there are many forbidden troops, and there are still a few cavalry captains of the same level, who often disagree with each other.

Feng Lin is right, Chu Qin is really majestic.

As he was talking, he saw another person coming in a hurry, Feng Lin rubbed his eyes, isn't that Xu Rubian?! Immediately smiled, brushed Chu Qin away, and flew up to greet him: "Brother Wen Han, it's just in time, I'll introduce you to you!" ”

"No, the fame of the two adults is like thunder." Xu Ruyan could stop at three steps away and salute, a distance that was alienated but not rude: "This should be the great-great-grandson of the old Linggong of the Loyal and Righteous Ancestral Hall, Lord Chu Zijing, and the other is Lord Wu, the criminal prison secretary that Ah Lin often mentions, and the capable person under the Prime Minister." ”

is so clear, he definitely did his homework early, and it seems that this newly promoted pro-honor guard Yu Linlang is quite hearted. It's just that I did my homework but didn't come to make friends early, looking at it this way, it seems too careless. Chu Qin bowed his hand slightly, and said in greetings: "Lord Xu, who has always been rare, why did he have time to come to the Prime Minister's Mansion today." ”

Xu Ruyan accepted the invitation unhurriedly, and said with a smile: "Busy with official business, this new official takes office, don't dare to slack off." And I heard that Lord Chu is also happy and forgetful, and he stays in the palace for nine out of ten days, so the lower officials dare not come to the door rashly. Today, I also heard my colleagues talking about the fact that the prime minister was in poor health, and he was so surprised that he bought excellent tonic products to bother him, talk about filial piety, and was about to leave. ”

Chu Qin knew that the prime minister promoted him to this position, first, Lin Huaiyi left suddenly, and he couldn't find a suitable person for a while, and second, it was true that this person had some real materials, and the future was immeasurable, and it was not known, so he didn't want to be too embarrassed, so he just nodded silently. He has always been arrogant, and at first glance he saw Xu Ruyan, who was born as a civilian, and it was already very face-saving to be able to greet him with two words. Wu Ge is different, with his quiet cold face, he can't see joy and anger, but today, he seems to be very unhappy, pulling his face from beginning to end, hearing Xu Rubian say that he came to visit the patient, he actually sneered and said, "Then you go quickly, my lord is in Rongxi Hall." ”

Feng Lin immediately glanced at him: "Qianfan, don't play with him." Then he pulled Xu Rubian to sit in the pavilion and said: "Don't listen to him, I advise you, go back quietly, my lord, he doesn't want people to know that he is injured, although all the officials are guessing, but none of them dare to come to find out the truth, right?" You didn't make him annoy you. ”

"Not sick, but injured?" Xu Ruyan was stunned, slightly embarrassed to put down the tonic in his hand for recuperation, shook his head and said: "What can't be said about this, adults are too strong." is not only injured, but also should take leave to recuperate, why bother running back and forth in the palace every day, making hundreds of officials suspicious. ”

Feng Lin has long stopped treating Xu Rubian as an outsider, so he is very close, and whispered: "You have come for a shallow day, you can't feel the temper of the adult, if it is an ordinary injury, he is happy to take leave to recuperate, remember the early years of the rebellion, just such a small opening on the arm, he just rested at home for half a month, so that everyone thought how much he was injured, even the first emperor issued an order to reward and greet, and once, Li Shilang relied on his own favored sister, openly came to the door to provoke, the two fought, the adult face hung color, and even three excerpts to ask for leave, I didn't go to the East Palace to teach, and I didn't go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to sit in class, and I didn't stop until the first emperor reprimanded Mrs. Li and punished Li Shilang! This time, if it weren't for the disgraceful injury, you see that he would not rest, I am afraid that he would have taken a year off. Then, he told Xu Rubian why Feng Qiwu was injured, what kind of injury he suffered, and everything he could tell. Xu Ruyan was a little surprised when he heard this: "It turns out that he was hurt by love, and he shouldn't be ...... That's it, it's me who has a lot of things, Xu said goodbye. ”

Feng Lin hurriedly said: "What kind of emotional injury, I can't say this, he is about to regret his death, he has not reaped the benefits at all these days, and he has also lost the reputation of raising a man, in exchange for you, are you angry?" In the future, I will never be contaminated with male style again. ”

Xu Ruyan bowed: "This is very good, it should have been like this a long time ago." Eat a trench and grow wise, adults are not rich people, sometimes they should take some, the theater time, the people have fried the pot, for the sake of the side, for the sake of the men, after all, it will not be a thing. If you can get lost this time, it won't be in vain. ”

The two talked, others couldn't interject, Xu Rubian insisted on leaving, saying that there was something urgent at hand, and Fenglin couldn't keep him, so he had to make an appointment to meet again another day, and personally sent him out, when he came back, Chu Qin couldn't help but laugh at him: "The guest was sent for half an hour, called brother and brother, and invited him to eat and drink, when will your familiar temper change?" One from the fifth grade, it's not enough to run errands for you. ”

Feng Lin Meizi sat down and shook Erlang's legs happily, "Look at you, and say this, he is different, we hit it off at first sight, drinking and chatting with him is the most beautiful thing in the world." ”

Wu Ge's figure paused slightly, and he raised his eyes to look at Fenglin. Feng Lin was drinking water from the spout of the teapot, seeing him like this, he naturally had to maintain it, saying that Xu Rubian was recommended to adults by himself, of course he hoped that he would be good, you don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, but you are not allowed to suppress others.

Wu Ge lowered his head wordlessly, and did not refute the words of suppression, until Chu Qin sneered: "I am so busy every day that my feet hit the back of my head, who has that idle time." It's the first time we've met, I should have taken out some shelves, like you, wouldn't it be a mess! In other words, he doesn't know how to be a man anymore, we are both the prime minister's subordinates, and we are seniors, so it is reasonable for him not to come to pay respects. If you are free, you mention him, it's always like this, and you will suffer a big loss after all. ”

"Mention him?!" Feng Lin raised his head and smiled: "He, since the day he took office, he has been close to the group of people who are against us, and even I am far away in front of them, let alone you." He has his own calculations, don't underestimate him. ”

"So, he still wants to penetrate the enemy?" Chu Qin was quite surprised, holding the teacup for a long time, "A scholar, okay?" But if it can be successful, it will be convenient. It's just that when dealing with this kind of person who is difficult to distinguish between fiction and reality, you must be most careful, grasp it firmly, and be careful that they are backwater. ”

"Wen Han is not an ordinary scholar, his ideas and vision are different from others, he has suffered enough of the loss of no power and no money, and he is determined to follow the adult, and he is bound to raise his eyebrows before he is willing. Having said that, who said that scholars are all read books, why do we adults fancy those scholars, there was Cui Yun in the past, and Xu Rubian in the present, none of them are fuel-efficient lamps! Feng Lin nodded his fingers and sighed endlessly.

Chu Qin also remembered that Master Cui, who loved money like his life, looked like a human being, had a bad stomach, and when he was a Beijing official, even the secretary was afraid of him, so he was sent to Huaixi as a pacification envoy, and he was not less greedy for a few years, and he still lived a nourishing life. The two gossiped for a while, and gradually turned to the topic, Chu Qin was most concerned about Danshaqi, because he asked, "How is the matter of your investigation?" ”

Feng Lin shook his head, sighed and said, "Hard work! We have been startled before, and this time it is difficult to find out the results! If you talk about the ability to listen to secrets, go to the house to uncover the tiles, take the sheep by the hand, and steal the beams and change the pillars, I am first-class, and the people on the Dansha deed, the mud cow has entered the sea and melted, I don't have a clue. He was born as a thief, and he opened and closed his mouth to be the thief's skill, a famous scholar of Chuqin, but he didn't hate it, and he took the initiative to worry about it, saying:

"Looking for a baby is different from looking for someone, the baby is a dead thing, no matter how deep it is hidden, it will be where it is; People are alive, they have brains that can move, and they can't catch them when you can't catch them? Even if it's right under your nose, you may not be able to find out that the Dansha deed is all heroes who followed the ancestor of the Great First Emperor to fight the world, retired after success, and went into hiding. Those people have their own magical powers, are virtuous and extensive, and know the truth of the bird's bow and hidden secret, how can they stage the ugly show of 'releasing military power with a glass of wine', and praise and disparage those who are backward? The country was determined, and the deployment of the past was to go, but the Great First Emperor was reluctant to leave a blood contract, leaving a blood contract, 'Dansha blood contract, a piece of Dan heart, if he has a trip, where my blood, the descendants of Dubaoer, Jun Wan'an'. Now that several generations have passed, their descendants are scattered in the rivers and lakes, or traces, or unknown, or changed their names and surnames, who still remembers the covenant of their ancestors? In my opinion, since the Danshaqi has been destroyed, you might as well turn a blind eye and let this matter become a thing of the past, so as to save people from having trouble again. ”

Feng Lin said with a smile: "You really don't know the hardships of the horse right away, the full man doesn't know the hunger of the hungry, to put it easily, the matter has not fallen into your hands." After Suo Huan's incident this time, my lord is stumbling on him, and he has to find out the result, I don't dare to fight with him sloppily. Chu Qin thought for a while and said, "Okay, if the adults want to fight for this tone, I have nothing to say as a subordinate." It's just that if you encounter difficulties, don't carry it alone, tell me, and I'll give you a total. ”

"Naturally, the old Wang clan of the Chu family, no one knows better than you about these secrets involving the beginning of the founding of the country."

Chu Qin smiled vigorously and said, "Then it's decided, there are still waiting for me on the school ground, I'll go first." The horse was tied to the outside of the pavilion, and it seemed that he had slipped out temporarily, and was in a hurry to go back. Feng Lin patted his head and called him, his face was embarrassed.

“…… Brother, there's one thing I don't know how to tell you. ”

"Oh? What's up? ”

"A few days ago, my sister-in-law sent someone to send clothes and hats, saying that she was afraid that you would neglect to take care of yourself in the palace, which meant that she would ask me to hand it over. Where is it convenient for me, and when it comes to the things between your husband and wife, I don't want to interfere, so I refuse. Brother, I heard that you haven't been home for ten days? Newlywed Yan'er, what is this......"

"Hmph," Chu Qin sneered, "You can't interfere, so it's good to interject?" It is said that the daughter of the first-class duke's family has a good family education, and it seems that it is nothing more than that, and it has only been how long she has been married, and there are complaints! ”

Feng Lin was shocked: "I didn't say that my sister-in-law had complaints!" ”

"You didn't say it, but who told you I wouldn't be home for ten days?! Even my mother knew that I was loyal to the court, and took pity on me for my hard work, and was spared the morning and dusk. ”

Feng Lin wanted to argue a few words, where could he listen, raised his whip and slapped the horse's belly hard, and left as if flying. Feng Lin was busy looking to see if he was going to the palace or home, and said: "This is my mouthful, if their husband and wife are not in harmony, I will be to blame." "I was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. Wu Ge was very indifferent and said, "You don't have to be like this, even if their husband and wife are out of harmony, it's not because of you." You weren't there a few years ago, so I don't know, when the duke came to say goodbye, he wasn't very happy, but only because his mother took a fancy to it, he reluctantly agreed. Chu Qin was bent on reviving the past glory of Chumen, and he didn't care about anyone else. A wife is like a dispensable ornament at home, and you tell him that, it's too blind. He will never delay returning to the palace for the sake of a woman, you wait. Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, the subordinate who had just been sent out trotted up and reported that the Captain had gone to the palace.

Feng Lin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'm really afraid that he will go home and reprimand his sister-in-law." What about which lady in the capital, I know that my sister-in-law was gentle and cowardly when she was a young lady at home, and she followed the rules, and now the man next to Kento must have mustered great courage to bring things to her husband. No matter how much he doesn't like it, he can't even say a good word in front of outsiders! ”

"Gentle and cowardly." Wu Ge repeated, snorting: "You evaluate other people's wives like this? ”

Yes? Feng Lin hurriedly sat upright, blushed slightly, and said, "It's wrong, it's shy!" Shyness! "But shyness is not right, shyness, cowardice, when applied to a friend's wife, it always smells of disrespect. What's more, whether other husbands and wives are good or not, they don't do his business, even if they are well-intentioned, they are not appropriate.

In the end, they are all too enthusiastic, and they are good at listening to gossip, like old ladies! Feng Lin tugged at Wu Ge's clothes: "I know, I'll change it." ”

"Change? How many years have it been changed. Wu Ge was a little weird: "One today, one tomorrow, all of them are your brothers, and they are all familiar with you." You know all the ladies in the capital, so sorry! You crashed to death in front of Wei Wuwu, forget it. ”

Yes, yes, Qianfan is right! Feng Lin lowered his old face and was completely stunned.