Chapter 656: Inquiry
In the end, she asked the female guard to stay at home and chose a male guard named Xiang Ming to take with her.
And to do things by her side, Zhou Chun is indispensable, and naturally Zhou Chun has to bring it.
So now all kinds of miscellaneous things fall on Zhou Chun. He has to encircle all kinds of people in the yamen, find out the news, and sometimes do things for Zhao Ruxi.
Fortunately, at noon, the others will be guarding the yamen. If there is anything that needs to run errands, Zhou Chun only needs to go out and give an order, and someone can do it, but there is no need for him to come forward.
"What did you say? It's the villain's business. Zhou Chun said with a smile.
When he entered the yamen, he changed his words, no longer calling "girl", but "lord." ”
"There's nothing to do now, the villain will go out for a walk now and see what the yamen are busy with." Zhou Chun said again, "By the way, urge Guan Jian'an and the two." ”
"Okay, there you go." Zhao Ruxi nodded.
Xiang Ming saw it and couldn't help but move.
He is the escort sent by His Royal Highness the King of Qi to the future Princess Qi, as long as he protects Zhao Ruxi's safety and does not let her have an accident, he will complete his task.
Originally, Xiang Ming also planned to do so.
During this time, he followed Zhao Ruxi from the capital to Nanyang, although he thought that Zhao Ruxi was good, but he only thought that she was talented, but she was not very powerful in terms of ability and means.
can see that Zhao Ruxi dealt with Cai Yaozong and Liu Hongyu just now, and he was stunned that the two old officials could not get off the stage, and his views changed dramatically.
No wonder His Royal Highness King Qi wanted to marry her wholeheartedly, and even let her out as an official, and mix officialdom with those men, it was because Miss Zhao was capable.
He suddenly felt that he didn't seek merit, but wanted to stay by the side of the future Princess Qi without fault, which was really a waste of opportunity.
He can't be an indispensable henchman by His Royal Highness King Qi's side, so wouldn't it be good to be an indispensable person by Miss Zhao's side? Maybe King Qi will listen to Princess Qi in the future.
Thinking so, he hurriedly said, "My lord, why don't I go out too?" ”
Zhao Ruxi nodded and said, "Okay, you can go too." ”
She was also very curious about the people Xiao Lingyan sent to her side, and wanted to see what this Xiang Ming was capable of. She was also happy that the three guards would take the initiative to do things for her.
Someone was sent to her, and Xiao Lingyan must have given them an order, and they would obey the order to protect her. But these three people believe her in their hearts or not, whether they are willing to be loyal to her and take the initiative to do things for her, their attitudes are different, and her acceptance of the three is also different.
If the three of them only regarded her as a task and did not take the initiative to get close, then when she returned to the capital, she would return these three to Xiao Lingyan, and she would not ask them to come to her in the future.
But if the three of them are willing to take refuge, even if she returns to Beijing to marry Xiao Lingyan in the future, she will still keep these three by her side.
Now that she is in the yamen, and she is protected by Luo, she is not a powerless chicken, and there is no enemy who must take her life, she doesn't need to be nervous and need Xiang Ming to be by her side at all times, or she can let Xiang Ming play freely.
Seeing that Xiang Ming also received the task and went out, Roche suddenly felt that he was useless.
She looked around the room and found that although the room had been cleaned, the tables and chairs and the floor were not dirty, but the corners were not cleaned.
She rolled up her sleeves and said, "My lord, the house is not very clean, so the slave maid should clean it again." ”
Zhao Ruxi has nothing to do: "Okay." ”
Roche went out for a walk, and somewhere he got a basin and half a basin of water, as well as a rag, and wiped it in the house to clean up.
Zhao Ruxi took out a book from his sleeve pocket and sat there reading it with relish, feeling leisurely.
When Luo cleaned the house to a crisp finish, Xiang Ming came back.
He reported: "Guan Jian'an first went to the middle room of the east wing, and stayed there for a while before coming out. Qin Wang had been waiting under the porch. After Guan Jian'an came out, he led Qin Wang to the room on the left. ”
Although he went to find out the news, he also knew that his main task was to protect Zhao Ruxi's safety. Therefore, he didn't dare to go far, let alone run into someone else's office room to chat and talk to people like Zhou Chun.
He just stood at the door of Zhao Ruxi's house and Guan Jian'an, watching Guan Jian'an's movements from afar.
As soon as Zhao Ruxi heard it, he understood where Guan Jian'an had just gone.
The general layout of the ancient yamen is almost the same.
For example, the officials of the state and county offices are all in a large courtyard. The row of main houses facing north and south is where the officials work. The east and west chambers are the offices of the six rooms, and the officials are in the other courtyard.
In ancient times, China was respected, so the room in the middle of the south house was the office house of Zhizhou; The middle room in the east chamber is where the officer's room is located. On the left side of the officer's department, is the house; On the right, there is the ceremonial room.
In the center of the west wing is the barracks, the left torture room, and the right workshop.
Because there are basically about ten scribes under the jurisdiction of each room, the office space of each room is very large. The interior can be separated by a screen or wall, but this is roughly the layout.
Although the salt and grain were assigned to Cai Yaozong's name, his accounts and files were kept in the household.
It stands to reason that Guan Jian'an should go to the house, not the official's room. But now he went straight to the officer's room, this is to ask Chen Kang? Did he go to ask Chen Kang for advice, or did he want Chen Kang to order Wang Yongshou, the head of the household department, to move the files and accounts?
Zhao Ruxi touched his chin, revealing an interested look.
After about half a cup of tea, Guan Jian'an and Qin Wang did not come back, but Zhou Chun came back.
He said: "The villain just went to the workshop to chat for a while, and asked Hu Jingcheng from the workshop to have lunch and drink. ”
Zhao Ruxi nodded approvingly: "Very good." ”
The other officials all have their own masters, and they are not easy to provoke. However, the workshop is the last of the six rooms, and it has no rights, no oil and water, and has always been unwelcome. Zhou Chun may be treated coldly by all kinds of suspicions when he goes to other places, but there will be no problem in going to the Ministry of Industry.
Zhou Chun didn't need to ask the workshop manager about anything, he only needed to inquire about the relationship between the officials in each room. As long as you stay in the yamen for a long time, you can always know about this kind of thing, and there is nothing to keep secret. If the Ministry of Industry said that if she wanted to sell her, the new person, he would tell Zhou Chun about this.
Zhou Chun had also inquired about the situation of the yamen officials before, but it was limited in the end, and it was not as much as these old officials knew.
For example, Guan Jian'an and Qin Wang, who had never been inconspicuous before, Zhou Chun had not had time to inquire about other people's situations, where would he inquire about them? But now it is subject to the lack of information.