Zhuo Ruoning was petite, she didn't dare to squeeze in, they were noisy and shouting a large group of people, many of them had red eyes, their faces were irritable, and they were about to fight when they pushed each other.

Zhuo Ruo stared at a gap to squeeze into, but was pushed by someone and almost fell down the steps, but fortunately someone helped her from behind.

"What to do!" With a loud shout, Zhuo Ruoning turned around and saw that Geng Kan didn't know when he came

The other man was tall and angry, lifted the man's collar and threw it outward, and the man flew down the steps and fell on all fours.

At this time, the whole ceremonial department was making trouble, and they all rolled up their sleeves to fight, and the scene was chaotic.

Zhuo Xiao hurriedly dragged the frightened sister aside and shouted loudly: "This is the Ministry of Rites, you have something to say!" ”

At this time, a group of people gathered around a man in his thirties and forties, who was wearing a python robe and a golden crown on his head, and his expression was arrogant and unspeakably expensive.

The guards beside him roared in a thunderous voice: "What kind of person, dare to spread wild here!" ”

The crowd suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at this master suspiciously, not knowing what he came from.

Geng Kan and Zhuo Xiao hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "See King Yan!" ”

It turned out that this was Liu Xuan, the king of Yan, and when the troublemakers learned of his identity, they automatically stood on both sides and made way for him.

"Why are you two here?" King Yan's face suddenly turned bright, he grinned, and one in each hand, he led Geng Kan and Zhuo Xiao into the hall of the Ministry of Rites.

"I went to the military department to deliver the book, and when I saw the noise here, I came over to take a look." Geng Kan replied.

"Lord Wang, I was about to go to the palace to accompany the second emperor grandson to study, and by the way, I sent my sister to the Ministry of Rites to join the company."

King Yan turned around, and then saw Zhuo Ruoning who had followed cautiously.

"Yo, this is Zhuo Gong's little granddaughter, our first female official in Dalang?" He laughed out loud.

Zhuo Ruoning was so frightened by the scene just now that her face was bloodless, and she rolled up her sleeves and saluted him respectfully.

"Come, come inside, speak." King Yan greeted.

The crowd outside was in a commotion again, and someone shouted, "Let's get it, we've been waiting for seven or eight days!" When can I get it? ”

The guard beside King Yan said: "Didn't you come to report until you saw the steward, what's the use of you yelling?" ”

The two guards stopped the troublemaker, and King Yan sat down in the back hall, looking at Zhuo Ruoning with novelty in his eyes.

Zhuo Ruo froze his mind, took out the official document of the entry and handed it over with both hands: "Lord Wang, Zhuo Ruoning, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came to report. ”

The guard took the official document and unfolded it in front of him, King Yan only glanced at it slightly, and said perfunctorily: "Okay, you do it well." ”

Zhuo Ruoning was confused: "What do you want me to do?" ”

King Yan: "This king has just taken over the Ministry of Rites, and he is not familiar with the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, so you can do whatever you want." ”

Zhuo Ruoning twitched the corner of his forehead and looked back at Zhuo Xiao.

Zhuo Xiao was told by his grandfather to accompany his sister to join the company, not to be troublesome, and to try to let her deal with the problem by herself, so he has not spoken out.

Geng Kan was anxious, "Lord Wang, read the ...... On the first day of joining the company, Zhuo Siwu arranged for someone to take her to familiarize herself with the yamen and teach her what to do. ”

"You see the whole Ministry of Rites is empty, where can I find someone for her?" King Yan pointed to the middle-aged man who led the way, "Ask him." ”

Zhuo Xiao reminded in a low voice: "This is Lord Zhao Maozhao, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites." ”

Zhao Mao is gray-headed and dirty, and he looks down, but he is actually a member of the third grade!

The left squire of the Ministry of Rites is the biggest official besides Shangshu, and Zhuo Ruoning is the top boss of the boss...... Anyway, it's an unattainable big shot.

She hurriedly saluted, but when she looked down, she saw a piece of iron chain hanging from Zhao Mao's cuffs.

Zhao Mao smiled bitterly and shook his head, hiding the exposed shackles.

Zhuo Ruoning was like being struck by lightning, and she was embarrassed for a while. It seems that this Lord Zhao was also burdened by the Yu Pei case or the Fule Yuan case of illegal gunpowder possession, and now he has become a prisoner.

"Why don't you send the people outside first, I still have a bunch of things to ask Lord Zhao." King Yan frowned.

Zhuo Ruoning thought of the chaotic crowd outside, and begged, "You can send me a few people." ”

"There is no one left, there are only a few left in the Ministry of Rites, all of them are on official business and are running errands outside."

Zhuo Ruoning had no choice but to say: "I heard that they want to get Du Mu, where is Du Mu?" ”

Although Zhao Maoren was down, his momentum was still there, and he said in a deep voice: "No." This year, the order of the monks was issued, and the major monasteries found out that 3,000 people had pretended to ask, and the emperor wanted to cut off the heads of those 3,000 people. ”

Zhuo Ruoning swallowed her saliva with difficulty, and smiled carefully: "Lord Wang, you can change me for an errand." ”

King Yan asked Zhao Mao: "What else is there to do urgently?" ”

Zhao Mao: "Yes, the crown prince went to the central capital to investigate, and he needs to prepare a detailed presentation of the ceremony." ”

As he spoke, he took out a thick stack of booklets, "It's almost ready, and the rest of the entourage's accommodation, food, local officials' reception procedures, and reward festivals need to be formulated."

Zhuo Ruoning opened a book, was frightened by the dense number of names and utensils, and shook his head: "I won't do this." ”

Writing official documents and setting those tedious rituals is simply her life.

"The emperor ordered the Ministry of Rites to examine the funeral dress system and the seal letter system of each ministry, but the information that can be referred to is limited, you can take a look at these first."

He pointed to the materials piled up on the bookshelf on the entire wall, including old books that had been turned over, bamboo slips worn by hemp rope, and the characters on them, big seals and small seals, and all kinds of ancient and illegible fonts.

Zhuo Ruoning was about to cry: "Is there anything else?" Like calculating something. ”

"The Champa Kingdom will soon pay tribute, and it is necessary to arrange the welcome ceremony, set the scale of the banquet, arrange accommodation, and prepare grain and forage according to the number of envoys and the amount of tribute. When the envoy returned to the court, the customs of the country, geographical specialties, and the number of ceremonies for giving ceremonies were played. There is also a request from Nan'an to inherit the title, and it is necessary to send an envoy to promulgate an edict in its country, and these must be written in detail and sent to the emperor for review. ”

King Yan was furious when he heard this, and he shook his sleeves and got up: "There are so many things, Lao Tzu won't do it!" ”

"I'm not doing it anymore!" Zhuo Ruoning pushed Zhuo Xiao and Geng Kan and said: "It's too difficult, I still think it's more appropriate to learn embroidery from my sisters." ”

When I saw someone coming out, I started to make noise outside again, blocking the door and not letting me out.

Zhuo Ruoning was troubled, now those people already know that she is an official of the Ministry of Rites, they waited for a few days in the Ministry of Rites before they saw a living person, regardless of whether he was a man or a woman, adults and children, they all blocked her to save her.

Geng Kan couldn't break through, so let her go inside to avoid it, and he went to find some helpers.

Zhuo Xiao said: "They are all here to do things, don't come hard." ”

"So what do you say?"

Zhuo Ruoning saw that he really couldn't get out, so he had to say, "I'll deal with it." ”

As he spoke, he ordered a few of the most noisy ones and said, "The five of you are the team leader, each with five team members, and stand in line." The team that quieted down first will do things first, and the rest of the teams that don't find the team will come back tomorrow. ”

The crowd was silent for a moment, the five people looked at each other, and the others reacted for a long time, and hurriedly squeezed around the team leader.

The scene almost got out of hand.

Zhuo Ruoning said angrily: "The team leader maintains order and leads the team members to blast out the noise." ”

Those few people became captains inexplicably, or it was officially announced, and they suddenly felt that the highlight of their lives had arrived, although they couldn't figure out the situation, they were all in good spirits, and they all put on a posture to select the team members, and the others didn't dare to make trouble anymore, so they stood up obediently, afraid that they wouldn't be able to choose the team, and they had to come back tomorrow.

Zhuo Ruoning went to the back hall and asked Zhao Mao where the paper and pen were.

Zhao Mao was telling King Yan about the etiquette of the prince's visit to Zhongdu, and pointed out to her the location where the paper and ink were placed.

"This little girl really calmed down the scene." He suddenly noticed that there was no trouble outside.

King Yan smiled: "If you don't have any ability, the emperor will not make an exception to use her." ”

Zhuo Ruoning asked Geng Kan to help drag the table over, put paper and pencil on the table, and immediately sat outside the ceremonial department to work, saying, "It's all here to lead the way, and those who do other things stand on the other side." ”

No one moved, she pointed to the team that stood first and said, "The team leader will bring the team over." ”

After the man who was still irritable just now became the team leader, he instantly obeyed, stood in front of the table and said: "The little monk Anan is from Henan and is practicing Buddhism in the Iron Tower Temple. ”

Zhuo Ruoning looked at him strangely: "Are you a monk?" ”

It's not like ah, wearing a small hat and wearing the clothes of ordinary civilians.

Zhuo Xiao reminded on the side: "Monks are not allowed to wear monk clothes when they enter the official mansion to do business. “

Zhuo Ruoning understood, and glanced at him: "The monks are still taking the lead in making noise, and the cultivation is not enough, is there a local temple in Nanjing in the team?" ”

Two people stood up and said that they were representatives of the Seifukuji faction, and that someone from other local temples had come a few days ago, and there was no one in the Ministry of Rites, so they hadn't come in the past few days.

Zhuo Ruoning writes a note. Zi to the team leader, "This year, there was a matter of asking for a degree, you have all heard about it, the case is still being heard, and it can only be sent to you after it is clarified." ”

"When do you have to wait?" He said anxiously, "Many of us came from other places, and we can't stay in Beijing for a long time." ”

"Stranded issues I'm going to communicate, article. Don't lose it, if you are checked, this is a voucher. There is a Buddha in your heart, and you will be at peace with the encounter, you take the team members and them back to Qingfu Temple, and the food and accommodation will be arranged by the temple. Qingfu Temple is full of incense, and it is no problem to take in a few people. Within three days, the Ministry of Rites will draft a charter and send it to all monasteries, so please pay attention to the notice. “

The captain was told by a little girl that she didn't practice enough, and she was so embarrassed that her face turned red, and she was ashamed, and she took the note. Zi didn't dare to say anything more, and beckoned the team members to leave.

Zhuo Ruoning wrote a note and sent it to a team and placed all these monks from other places in a larger temple. When the five squads were finished, the remaining three came over and said good things with a smile.

Zhuo Ruoning didn't mean to embarrass people, wrote a note to them, and warned the monks to cultivate their self-cultivation and not to make trouble.

In the morning, these people were sent away.

Zhuo Xiao didn't expect her to be such a delicate little girl at all, doing things so neatly, and said happily: "I'm afraid you won't be able to cope with it, it's me who is too worried." Today's thing, let me and Geng Kan do it, and it won't be better than you. ”

Geng Kan smiled: "If it were me, I would only beat them all honestly." Nian Nian sat down in the hall, and he really looked like a hall official. “

Zhuo Ruoning sighed helplessly, "I don't care about this kind of messy thing, but since I have already taken over, I have to get things done, I will ask Lord Zhao what to do next." ”

Having a beginning and an end, facing difficulties head-on is the common characteristic of all scientific research workers.

"Since you can handle it, then I'm back to camp, and I sneaked out today."

"I also have to go into the palace to accompany the second prince to study, and King Yan will be in charge of the Ministry of Rites, if there is anything you need to find him."

Zhuo Ruoning nodded, she didn't have much confidence in that Yan King in her heart.