Zhuo Ruoning reacted, and decisively ran up to set it up: "Brother Geng, what a coincidence." “

Geng Xiu glanced at her, "What's the coincidence, you and I are both here for official business, is it a coincidence that we met in the Yamen?" ”

Zhuo Ruoning: "Uh......"

Geng Xiu brought her to an official, "This is Master Li, the head of the military department, if you have anything to negotiate with him." “

Zhuo Ruoning hurriedly thanked him, feeling that he was very strict, so it was better not to provoke him.

She explained her intention to Director Li, "...... It is not easy for monks from other places to come all the way to the capital, and now that they have not obtained it, it would be too ruthless to drive them away. ”

Li was in charge of business, read the official document written by Wang Shilang, and said: "If you have a certificate issued by the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War will notify the soldiers who patrol the city, but when it is postponed, your Ministry of Rites must always have a charter." "

Zhuo Ruoning: "I'm afraid I have to wait until the case of the fraudulent invitation is over." I will place those monks from other places who have reported to the Ministry of Rites to the local monastery in groups of six, and they must hold a slip issued by the Ministry of Rites. Only then can the children leave the monastery, and they must be able to restrain them. ”

Director Li had never dealt with a woman in officialdom, and was quite surprised by her ability to express herself and do things, and nodded: "That's very good." ”

Zhuo Ruoning returned to the Ministry of Rites and found that King Yan had left, and there was no one in the first half of the entire Ministry of Rites, so she had to explore the rooms by herself to visit and familiarize herself with the environment.

The pavilion room was in the back row, and the ambassador and deputy ambassador were there, and they found some information about the Sanglu Division for her.

She came out of the loft and turned to the other side to find the cafeteria, where the cook told her that the cafeteria provided two meals a day, breakfast at the hour and dinner at the end of the day, but it had to be booked in advance, and each person had a ration of food per meal.

Zhuo Ruoning asked about today's food, so she sat in the cafeteria and waited for dinner while reading the information, and someone from the family came to take her home after eating.

A dizzy day is finally over.

Zhuo's house is near Baichuan Bridge, very close to the Liubu Yamen, and Guozijian is in the northwest of the imperial city, a little far from home, and her father has not returned when she comes back.

Lin stood under the shadow wall to greet her, and when she saw her daughter getting off the sedan chair, her face was pale, and her steps were vain, so she hurriedly called someone to prepare water and tea, and pinched her handkerchief to fan her: "Poor one, are you tired?" ”

Zhuo Ruoning shook his head: "I ate too much, and I wanted to vomit on the sedan chair." ”

Lin: "......"

"I'll go see my grandfather first."

"Your grandfather has entered the palace, and it is estimated that he will come back later."

Zhuo Ruoning said: "Then I'll go lie down for a while, my grandfather will come back and wake me up." ”

Her body can only be described as papier-mâché, and she can't breathe when she walks a few steps, let alone a busy day, which consumes too much energy, and the strength of her whole body is drained.

slept until dark, and after waking up, Lin told him that the old lady and the two old men had returned, and asked her to go to Weixian Hall to talk after waking up.

There was a lot of talk and laughter in the hall, and after Zhuo Ruoning went in, he found that the old lady and the two masters seemed to be very happy today.

She greeted the elders, and Zhuo Yuan looked at him from the top of his glasses: "Sit down and say, what did you do in the yamen today?" ”

Zhuo Ruoning sat down at his father's head and told him what happened today.

Zhuo Yuan nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, on the first day I went to the yamen, I was not scared to cry, and I did something, which is good." ”

Zhuo Li was a little worried: "The name of King Yan is not something that can be used casually, and you can't bluff people under his banner in the future." ”

"Yes, my daughter knows."

"What are you going to give the monks a three-day deadline for?"

"Just give me an explanation, can you send it, whether they go or stay, King Yan won't really care about anything, right?"

"Hmph," Zhuo Li sneered, "You don't know King Yan too well, when you shake off the shopkeeper, he really does it." ”

Zhuo Ruoning vaguely felt that she had found the wrong backer, and hesitated: "Tomorrow, I will inquire about the progress of the case, and if it can't be completed in a while, let them go back to their hometown first." ”

The second master said: "You are a small secretary, you have no right to speak in the yamen, you can't take care of things like today in the future, and don't promise easily." ”

Zhuo Ruoning nodded: "Got it, second uncle." ”

She asked again: "After the Ministry of Rites has had a series of major cases, the officials have been arrested, and now I can't even find an errand runner, King Yan allowed me to recruit a few people as helpers, where should I recruit people?" ”

The two old men seemed to hear some joke, and Zhuo Li was surprised: "Just the little salary you receive every month, how many helpers do you want to recruit?" ”

"I'm recruiting people to do things for the yamen, shouldn't the imperial court pay them salaries?"

The three of them were amused, and Zhuo Li explained to her: "The servants of the Yamen are selected from among the conscripts, and the number is fixed, and the time of annual conscription is also fixed. “

"Am I being pitted by King Yan?"

Zhuo Ruoning reacted suddenly, no wonder he said that he wanted to recruit people at that time, and King Yan agreed.

But with her monthly salary of five stones, it may not be enough to support herself, and she can still pay wages to others?

The next day at work, Zhuo Ruoning decided to go to the canteen to eat, firstly, the food in the canteen was better than at home, and secondly, to save food for the family.

She came early today, and met the few remaining officials of the Ministry of Rites in the cafeteria.

In addition to the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Rites has a staffing of more than 20 people, and the Department of Rites is under the management of the Ministry of Rites, but there is a special yamen.

Suddenly seeing so many colleagues, Zhuo Ruoning almost burst into tears. What touched her the most was that another secretary of the same level as her was also alive.

Zhuo Ruoning met everyone's strange eyes, stepped forward to say hello one by one, and after receiving the meal, he sat next to the secretary with the rice bowl in his hand.

The secretary's name is Sheng Sheng, fifty-four years old, born in filial piety, he looks a little old-fashioned, and when he saw that Zhuo Ruoning was a woman, he was so angry that he couldn't eat.

Zhuo Ruoning didn't have time to wait for him to accept the reality, and asked him: "Secretary Sheng, who is in charge of the affairs of the Monk Lu Division?" ”

Sheng Sheng's dim old eyes glanced to the side, moved the rice bowl away a little distance, and said perfunctorily: "No one cares, Lang Zhong is in prison, who cares?" ”

"Then can this year's degree be issued?"

"I don't know."

Zhuo Ruoning asked the other two outsiders again, but they all said they didn't know.

She found that the officials of the entire Ministry of Rites were in a state of panic, and they seemed to be conscientious and immersed in their work, but they only cared about the matter at hand, and seemed to treat every moment as if it were the last.

Zhuo Ruoning couldn't do it, so he had to take a small sedan chair to find King Yan.

Yan Wangfu is located on the bank of the Qinhuai River, it was built last year, before the Yan King has been living in the palace, last year the emperor had a birthday, called his family back to Beijing, and gave this house as the palace, so the building decoration, not up to the standard of the vassal king.

Zhuo Ruoning reported her name at the gatehouse and waited for King Yan to summon her.

When I was waiting for boredom, I suddenly saw a flower in front of me, and saw a person riding to the bottom of the steps, neatly turned over and dismounted, and then threw the reins to Menzi, striding over, and seemed to be quite familiar with Yanwangfu.

The man was dressed in a blue and green brocade multicolored heavy lotus brocade robe, and his face was like a crown of jade, and he was elegant.

Zhuo Ruoning's eyes suddenly didn't move.

Xu Jinchen walked to the door, and suddenly found Zhuo Ruoning wearing a strange official uniform, he was stunned, and said strangely: "Zhuo ...... Secretary, why are you here? ”

"I, I ask to see King Yan, and I have something to do with him."

Xu Jinchen glanced at the porter and said to her, "Come with me." ”

"Oh, good!" Zhuo Ruoning hurriedly lowered her head and followed, keeping three or four steps away from him.

"Princess, give me saliva, this king knows his mistake, and he won't dare to go next time."

The most unruly prince of the Dalang Dynasty and the most powerful vassal king in the north, King Yan, is being physically punished by his daughter-in-law. He stood under the sun, holding a pink silk scarf in both hands, and begged the princess with a look of remorse.

The windows slammed shut, and the princess disappeared into the house.

King Yan sighed and pulled the silk scarf vigorously, as if he wanted to tear the silk scarf that had caused him trouble.

A white porcelain cup was stretched out in front of him, and King Yan was overjoyed: "It's still my daughter-in-law who loves me!" ”

He drank most of the water from the cup, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and his eyes were aimed at the hand that was carrying the water, although it was as white as jade, it was much larger than the woman's hand.

King Yan was frightened, turned his head, and a delicate face came into view.

Xu Jinchen held the water cup and said expressionlessly: "Lord Wang, is the water delicious?" ”

"Hahaha!" Zhuo Ruoning panted with laughter, holding the pillar to stabilize her body.

"Little bunny! What to do is coming! Why no one has reported it! King Yan said.

Xu Jinchen turned around and sent the cup back to the table under the corridor, and his voice did not fluctuate: "The princess called me here, and the palace maid said that you didn't let them enter the garden, so I came by myself." ”

Zhuo Ruoning put away her smile and stepped forward to salute: "Zhuo Ruoning, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, greets the prince." ”

King Yan was afraid that his wife's embarrassed appearance would be broken by his subordinates, and he was very embarrassed, his old face turned red, and he said angrily: "What's the matter with the Ministry of Rites?" You're a little clerk and you're pretty diligent. ”

Angry to angry, King Yan took the opportunity to return to the corridor. In a cool place, he ordered his subordinates to serve tea and melons and fruits, and beckoned Xu Jinchen and Zhuo Ruoning to eat and drink.

"Jinchen is here." A stunningly beautiful woman came out of the house.

"I've seen the princess."

Xu Jinchen and Zhuo Ruoning stood up and saluted, and Princess Yan, who had come belatedly, said to Xu Jinchen with a smile: "People have asked you to come several times, are you so busy?" ”

After speaking, he saw Zhuo Ruoning, and said strangely: "Could this be what the prince said, the new little secretary of the Ministry of Rites?" ”

"I am." Zhuo Ruoning replied respectfully. "I asked to see the prince today, I want to ask the prince to lend me a few people, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites are said to have been arrested by the Jinyi guard to record confessions, and I can't send letters to so many temples alone."

King Yan raised his eyebrows: "Where is the person from this king, do you dare to call the palace maid?" ”

Zhuo Ruoning whispered: "Don't you have soldiers under you?" ”

King Yan laughed angrily at her: "My commanders, thousands of households, are you helping?" The other soldiers are stationed outside the city, you let them go into the city to have a look, Xu Jinchen will be the first to go to my father to sue me. ”

"Our Jinchen is not as bad as you think." Princess Yan smiled, peeled a lychee, removed the core, picked up the crystal tender meat with a toothpick and handed it to Xu Jinchen, and said with a doting face: "The lychee is surging in the ice water, it is cold, sweet and watery, you can eat a few." ”

Zhuo Ruoning saw that her eyes were about to fall.