On the second day, Mei Xiaoren stood in front of the inn window and looked down, the carriage parked in front of the inn was arranged for her by Wei Guogong, saying that he wanted to take her and Ye Zhi around the city, to get familiar with the capital, and in the future, she would help Lord Yin manage this acre and three points of land.

The carriage stopped outside the door for a long time, but Mei Xiaoren didn't go down.

"What's wrong, my lord?" Ye Zhi asked as he stood behind her.

Mei Xiaoren frowned and said: "Lao Ye, I don't want to be an enemy of anyone, I used to think that Wei Guogong had no real power, so he just didn't associate with the Prime Minister's Mansion, but he seemed to want to get rid of the Prime Minister's Mansion in his heart." ”

"The Duke of Wei is loyal to His Majesty, how can he be willing to let the imperial power fall, but the Duke of Wei is now weak, and it is really difficult to compete with the Prime Minister's Mansion, and they don't need adults to do anything for them for the time being." Ye Zhi comforted her and said, "Relax, my lord. ”

After that, Mei Xiaoren and Ye Zhi went downstairs to board the carriage, and an official sent by the Duke of Wei sat in the carriage, who was responsible for explaining to her the layout of the capital and letting her get familiar with this place as soon as possible.

Horse-drawn carriages traveled around the city, and officials said that the layout of the capital was similar to that of other state capitals, with markets in the east, west, north and south, and that the Middle East City was a place frequented by dignitaries and nobles, and that the prices were expensive, while the West Market was much cheaper.

Mei Xiaoren also looked out the window all the way, the prosperity of Shangjing was visible, even if it was not a market, there were many patrolling officials on the street, they maintained the law and order at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and this errand was under the jurisdiction of the Shangjing Government Bureau.

Along the way, the officials pointed in all directions and explained to her, such as which nobles' mansions were here, and which ministers lived there.

As the carriage drove north-east, Mei Xiaoren's eyes were drawn to a view outside the window.

From a distance, she saw that the place in front of her was surrounded by a high wall, covering a wide area, and she could vaguely see that there was a luxurious and magnificent dangerous heavy building inside, and a tall tower, judging from the scale of the mansion and the shape of its construction, it looked like the palace she imagined.

She pointed to the place and asked, "Is that the palace?" ”

The official smiled: "That's the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

Mei Xiaoren's hand gradually drooped and he stopped asking.

"The palace is in the north of the city, and it is still some distance from here, but the Shangjing Government Office is in the east of the city, not far from here." The official said again, "By the way, Lord Guogong has instructed, and in a while, let the lowly lead the Lord to the Shangjing Mansion to meet Lord Yin." ”

"Then go now, don't go any further." She looked in that direction.

"Yes."

As soon as the official instructed the coachman to turn the wheel, the carriage stopped.

The coachman said outside: "My lord, the prime minister's car is here." ”

Mei Xiaoren was stunned in his heart, and immediately lowered the curtain and covered the window tightly.

The official hurriedly said: "Hurry up, let it go." ”

The coachman drove the carriage to the side of the road to give way, and the sound of wheels and horses' hooves came from far and near, so that people could hear the scale of the honor guard just by listening to the sound, both the guards who rode to open the road, and the soldiers who followed on foot.

A large and splendid carriage passed through the middle of the road, and the curtains were half lifted.

Wei Shuying sat on the car, looked at the carriage parked on the side of the road, and smiled at the person on the main throne and said: "The carriage of the Duke of Wei will also appear near your house, it is really rare, Ji Heng is a person who does nothing but go to the Three Treasures Palace, especially not to visit your door." ”

Gu Chuyu glanced out the window, only to see that the curtain of the carriage was closed, and he couldn't see the situation in the carriage.

"I heard that Brother Mei went to Beijing yesterday, and then he went to visit Ji Heng, maybe he regarded him as a benefactor." Wei Shuying shook his head and sighed, "Xiao Yu'er, can't you promote him brightly?" Can you borrow someone else's hand? A good apprentice, cheaper than others. ”

"If I asked her to come, will she come?"

Wei Shuying was dumbfounded by Gu Chuyu's words. Although he didn't know Brother Mei as well as Gu Chuyu, after the last incident, he knew that Brother Mei's heart was high, and he was definitely unwilling to be an official under the protection of his master.

Just imagine, if Mei Xiaoren was brought to Beijing by Gu Chuyu in a bright way, even if everyone here was afraid of him and respected him, it was also for the sake of his prime minister's support, which had nothing to do with his own prestige, he was like a fox and a tiger.

Wei Shuying was still worried, "But you're like this, aren't you just driving him to Wei Guogong's side?" He didn't know that you were planning for him, for example, that credit was actually because you wanted Wei Guogong to have a reason to convince the public when he promoted him. ”

"It doesn't matter if you know it or not." Gu Chuyu glanced at Wei Shuying, "Didn't you say it, the more you explain, the more troublesome it becomes?" ”

Wei Shuying sighed: "If he is a woman, it must be troublesome, not to mention the trouble of explaining, it is even more troublesome for you to do this." ”

Gu Chuyu was puzzled: "Why?" ”

"If she knows that you have read the transfer order and agreed to Wei Guogong's recommendation, then she will think that you don't want her, so you will push her into someone else's camp."

"Can it be so complicated?" Gu Chuyu was inexplicable, and asked again, "If she really thinks about it, how will she behave?" ”

Wei Shuying said lightly: "She can't beat you or scold you, at most she will only see you, either because of negative anger, or because she is hurt by you, and wants to draw a line with you, in short, she is avoiding you." ”

Gu Chuyu was silent, for some reason, he thought of the carriage from before at this time.

Mei Xiaoren came to the Shangjing Prefecture Office and asked Ye Zhi to wait in the car, and she got out of the carriage alone.

The affairs of the Shangjing Prefecture are similar to those of the local government and the local government, but because this is the yamen of Shangjing, the status is higher than that of the state government, so the rank of the officials is also several levels higher than that of the local government officials.

She handed over the order, and the official went in to report it, and it was a long time before she came out and lured her in.

The layout of the yamen is similar, except that it is larger than the Xuanzhou Mansion, with a few more courtyards and more officials.

The official led her to the outside of the second hall, and at this time the door of the second hall was closed, and the official said that the governor and other officials were still discussing matters inside, and asked her to wait outside.

There was no place to sit anywhere, so Mei Xiaoren stood outside the door, waiting for Fu Yin to come out.

She heard a lot of movement inside, and from time to time there was an old man's hoarse reprimand, which made her all tremble.

She remembered that Lao Li said that Yin had been an official in Beijing for decades, and his temper was quite bad......

After Fu Yin reprimanded, the officials inside were in a burst of voices of apology and confession, and no one dared to raise the bar with them.

Mei Xiaoren took a deep breath and turned into a white mist. It's a cloudy day, and it's unusually cold, as if it's going to snow.

She came to meet her boss, she had to dress appropriately, she didn't expect to be in the ninth class outside, and she untied her cloak when she got out of the carriage.

The clothes on her body were not enough to withstand the cold outside, she stood outside the door for almost half an hour, her hands and feet were cold, but Lord Fu Yin asked her to wait here, she couldn't move around at will, otherwise when the door opened, and Fu Yin didn't see her figure, he would see her disrespectful.

There were also a lot of officials coming and going around, most of them rubbing their hands, their steps were fast, and they wanted to get into the charcoal burning house immediately, but when they passed by the second hall, they couldn't help but look at her.

Mei Xiaoren's peripheral vision caught a glimpse of some of them shaking their heads, others laughing.