Chapter 137: Tracking (Part II)

Early the next morning, Huan Rang went out at three o'clock in the morning as usual to ensure that he could arrive at the Wuling Palace.

Huan Rang walked north along Qingxi all the way, and when he reached the halfway point, he noticed that someone seemed to be following him behind him, and he didn't dare to look back, only that it was a woman.

He stopped, the woman behind him also stopped, he walked faster, the woman chased after him, he walked slower, the woman slowed down, this is not tracking and what is it!

Huan Rang was flustered, but he didn't dare to startle the snake, he wanted to know who was following him, so he pretended to be calm and continued to walk forward.

The mansion of King Wuling is directly behind the prince's mansion, and the prince's mansion is on the bank of Qingxi, east of Hushou Bridge.

Huan Rang hesitated to walk under the Hushou Bridge, looked down and saw a stone under his feet, so as soon as he had an idea, he turned his body slightly, bent down, and deliberately picked up the stone on the ground slowly, but actually took this opportunity to glance at the woman who followed behind.

When the woman saw him stop, she hurriedly turned her back to him, also for fear of being detected by him.

But even though she had turned around, Huan Rang could clearly see her face the moment she turned around.

The man who stalked him...... It's a jade branch!

Huan Rang knew that Yuzhi was following him today, and he must have been instructed by Xie Zheng, and the reason why Xie Zheng sent Yuzhi to follow him must be to wonder where he had gone these days.

He picked up the stone, then straightened up, threw it into the green stream, and pretended to say, "What if this stone trips over people." ”

After that, he did not hesitate to walk on the Hushou Bridge, and now there is no way to retreat.

Yuzhi looked back and saw that Huan Rang had already gone to the bridge, so he quickly followed.

Huan Rang got off the bridge, walked straight east along the alley next to the two mansions, walked past the prince's mansion, and arrived at the intersection where he could turn to the Wuling Palace, but he didn't go over, but continued to walk east, it can be seen that he deliberately wanted to fool the jade branch.

To the east of the Wuling Palace, there is a slum street, where the streets are full of homeless people and beggars, and there are also some ruffians and hooligans.

The more Huan Rang walked forward, the faster his pace became, he came to the intersection, turned into the slum street, and saw that in the shed in front of him, someone was opening porridge and giving alms, so he walked over in three steps and two steps, whispered a few words to the two little servants of the soup kitchen, and then took out a piece of silver from his sleeve pocket and stuffed it into their hands.

The little guy collected the money, so he naturally wanted to do something for Huan Rang, so they rushed to a group of homeless people who were holding empty bowls and waiting for the soup porridge and said: "This is Huan Langjun, he is a good man, the porridge we drink these days, all of which are out of him, not only that, but he also told me just now, our porridge in the future will be made by him!" ”

Yuzhi only followed to the intersection at this time, she stood by the wall and looked at the porridge shed, only to see the soup soup servant smiling at the homeless people: "Huan Langjun was merciful today, saying that he would add two pieces of meat to each of us!" ”

When the displaced people below heard this, they raised their arms and shouted: "Huan Langjun is really a good person!" Huan Langjun is really a good person! ”

Huan Rang bribed two soup kitcheners, and faked the illusion that he came here every day to give alms, Yuzhi was really deceived by him, and she already showed a relieved smile on her face, but she just thought: "It turns out that Erlangjun came here to give alms......"

Yuzhi nodded thoughtfully, then turned around and returned to the Hou Mansion the same way.

And Huan Rang expected that she was gone, so he also came to the intersection, also standing by the wall, poked his head out and looked, he saw Yuzhi walking farther and farther, looking at her back, suddenly showed a weird smile, and said gloomily: "Want to follow me?" You're not deep enough. ”

"Almsgiving?"

Yuzhi has returned to the Hou Mansion and is returning to Xie Zheng, and Xie Zheng is sitting in front of the bookcase, holding the book in one hand and putting the other hand on the bookcase. ”

"The slave followed all the way, saw it clearly, and heard it really clearly, and it would never be mistaken."

Xie Zheng became more suspicious the more she listened, she didn't know what's wrong, she didn't dislike Huan Rang, but she just felt that Huan Rang, a decent person, was unlikely to go to a dirty place like a slum street, let alone get close to homeless beggars, let alone open a porridge shed to give alms?

She put down the book in her hand, stood up with one hand on the bookcase, paced in the room, and considered: "Opening a porridge shed to give alms is a good act, and it is not a bad thing, since he wants to do good, why should he be sneaky, and he dare not let the county marquis know?" ”

Yuzhi thought for a while and said: "Xu is that place in the eastern suburbs is too chaotic, Erlangjun doesn't want the county marquis to worry, lest the county marquis not allow him to go over, so he has been hiding it and refusing to say it." ”

"Didn't you let him find out, did you? Zhong Xuan, this bastard boy, is a goblin on weekdays, don't let him be fooled by acting," Xie Zheng was really smart, he guessed Huan Rang's ghost trick right away, but Yuzhi swore and said, "How could it be!" The slave followed very carefully, and Erlangjun didn't notice that the slave was following him. ”

Xie Zheng was skeptical when he heard this, and Yuzhi said again: "I heard that those homeless people are praising Erlangjun for being a great and good person, presumably Erlangjun often goes there to give alms, if not, how can he be so popular." ”

"Is it really that I'm too careful?" Xie Zheng listened to Yuzhi's words, and now she doubted herself, she still believed it after all, so she looked back at Tongyuzhi and said: "However, he really doesn't know the severity, he opens a porridge shed to give alms, but he has to get the permission of the official, if he doesn't report to Jingzhaoyin Mansion, it is winning over the people, to put it seriously, he just wants to rebel, and in the long run, this good deed, but he is making trouble for himself." ”

Yuzhi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "What about ...... In this matter, do you want to talk to the county marquis, so that the county marquis can remind Erlangjun. ”

"No!" Xie Zheng said: "Today you went to follow him, only to find out that he was giving alms in the eastern suburbs, and now you are running to the county marquis to say, what do the brothers think of me?" said that I was polite to Zhong Xuan on the surface, but behind the scenes I sent someone to follow him? Shall I not be a wicked man? ”

Yuzhi said: "But Erlangjun's matter, the lady always has to think of a way to remind him, if he really lets people be charged with rebellion, it is not a trivial matter." ”

After thinking about it, Xie Zheng said, "I'm not busy beforehand, I'll find an opportunity to talk to him." ”

Huan Rang here, seeing that Yuzhi had already gone away, he also hurried to the Wuling Palace, but was delayed by Yuzhi like this, but he missed the time when he took office.

The main gate of the Wuling Palace's mansion was wide open, Huan Rang hurriedly came, and rushed to the study in a hurry, but he didn't expect to step into the door of the east room, and heard the strange voice of yin and yang behind him: "Huan Envoy Jun came early enough!" ”

Liu Fangshi came out of the study room, and coincidentally saw Huan Rang hurrying over, he had always been unaccustomed to Huan Rang, and he relied on himself to be a big celebrity in front of Xiao Ye, and he was the brother of Princess Wuling, and now he was holding Huan Rang's pigtails, so he naturally had to say it well.

Huan Rang lifted one foot out of the door again, turned around very naturally, and before he could quickly open his mouth to explain to Liu Fang, Liu Fang put a series of cannons over, and said: "Huan Envoy Jun, you can look at the sky, this time is almost halfway over, you just came, you don't do this, in the future, don't come in the morning, how comfortable it is to rest at home." ”

Listening to Liu Fang's strange tone, Huan Rang was very annoyed in his heart, but he didn't dare to fight him, but just retorted euphemistically: "How could I be deliberately late, I was really followed by the county lord of Shanyin County halfway, and I had to go around the eastern suburbs as a last resort, in order to get rid of people, and lest they find out that I am now on an errand under His Royal Highness." ”

"You were discovered by Xie Zheng?" Xiao Ye didn't know when he came over, and he couldn't wait to ask, thinking that the reason why he "reused" Huan Rang was because Huan Rang lived in the Hou Mansion of Yongxiu County, and he was quite close to Xie Zheng on weekdays, so it was convenient to use him to find out news from Xie Zheng, but if this Huan Rang was discovered by Xie Zheng, it would be of no use to him.

Since it has no use value, there is naturally no need to keep him by his side, so it is better to abandon it as soon as possible.

Huan Rang also knew that Xiao Ye was just using him, and he also tried his best to give full play to his value in order to please Xiao Ye, he hurriedly replied and explained: "That's not true, now the county lord of Shanyin is just suspicious of the lowly position, and her maid is just following the lowly position, and the lowly position is trying to fool her over." ”

"It's just ......" Huan Rang said this, pretending to be embarrassed, and then said: "You must be especially cautious these days, I'm afraid...... I'm afraid it's not good to go in and out of the palace often......"

Xiao Ye knew what he meant, and he also knew that Huan Rang was now on the cusp, if he often went in and out of his house, he would inevitably be discovered by Xie Zheng, who knew if Xie Zheng would send someone to keep an eye on Huan Rang?

I often walk by the river, how can I not get my shoes wet?

"If it's inconvenient for you, don't come to this palace again in the past few days, and wait for a while to talk about it," Xiao Ye said, suddenly as if he remembered something, he looked at Liu Fang and asked: "By the way, this imperial history platform, has there been a vacant inspection of the imperial history recently?" ”

When Liu Fang heard this, he nodded resignedly, and said, "It's an empty imperial history." ”

Xiao Ye thought about it again, and then asked Huan Rang: "Zhong Xuan, that Imperial Doctor Li Rong, but your uncle?" ”

Liu Fang was stunned, His Royal Highness asked this, did he want to recommend Huan Rang to do the imperial history of the school?

Huan Rang was a little clever, he heard Xiao Ye ask about this, and guessed that Xiao Ye was going to promote him, he bowed his head and said: "Back to Your Highness, Imperial Doctor Shi is indeed a lowly uncle." ”

Although he is not a descendant of Huan Li, but Huan Li is still his mother-in-law, according to the rules, he should indeed call Li Rong "uncle", a while ago for the New Year, he also followed Huan Ling to pay New Year's greetings.

This family, if you can climb, you can climb, if you can't climb, you have to do everything possible to climb!

Xiao Ye then said: "The Imperial History Observatory is lacking a school imperial history, and now it is still vacant, this king intends to ask several veterans in the court to jointly recommend you to your father, I hope you will not live up to the king's painstaking cultivation of you." ”

Huan's eyes lit up, and his heart was so beautiful that it seemed to be blooming, he hurriedly knelt down and knocked Xiao Ye and said, "His Royal Highness King Xie Wuling!" The humble post will live up to the expectations of His Highness! ”

"You go back to the house, you don't have to come back to work in the future, and wait for the oracle and the letter of appointment at home," Xiao Ye waved his hand as Xiao Ye spoke, signaling him to leave quickly.

Huan rang understood, agreed respectfully, and then left.

Liu Fang had a calm face, thinking that he had been by Xiao Ye's side for more than five years, and now he was just a small master bookkeeper, just an official of the palace, not even an official of the imperial court, but what about this Huan Rang? In the final analysis, it's still his background to blame.

Pengcheng Liu's family, in the end, is still not as good as the Huan clan of Qianjun!

Even though his sister is the princess of Wuling, and now he has given birth to the son of the king of Wuling, he can't compare to his brother who is the marquis of Yongxiu County, and his uncle is the imperial doctor!

"Your Highness, now that the details of this Huan Rang have not been clarified, is it too hasty for you to recommend him to join the office like this? What if he crosses the river and demolishes the bridge, he turns his face and doesn't recognize people as soon as he enters the office? Or was he instructed by Xie Zheng and Huan Ling to approach His Highness, so His Highness paved the way for him this time, wouldn't it be a problem to raise tigers? ”

"This king looks at this Huan Rang, he is only clever, he can't become the climate, and he is recommended to be the imperial history of the school, but it is just to give him some sweetness to taste, otherwise, how can he make him loyal to this king wholeheartedly in the future? As for what you said, heh," Xiao Ye sneered, obviously very disdainful, he only said: "The imperial history of the school is just a petty official, if he is obedient, then the king will leave him in Jiankang, if he is disobedient, then send him to various states, counties and counties to supervise hundreds of officials, in short, this king knows in his heart, you don't have to worry." ”

What is the official position of the school imperial history? As Xiao Ye said, it is indeed just a little-known small official, such an official position, there are a total of fifteen in the imperial history platform, divided into inside and outside the court, civil and military officials, including the history of the state assassins, the county guards, and the county orders, as well as the government patrol, in addition to inspecting the various states and counties, the inspection of the imperial history is also responsible for correcting the prison, purging the court and other affairs.

It's wonderful that the weight of the imperial history of this school is low!

Xiao Ye has already said so, Liu Fangdu is no longer dissatisfied in his heart, and he wants to slander Huan Rang and dissuade Xiao Ye, but now it is not good to say more.

Huan let know that he was about to enter the office, and his heart was excited for a long time, thinking that he had been looking forward to joining the company for more than three years, and now he finally had a fall.

He was especially happy, and even his steps became much brisker, but when he entered the mansion, the porter suddenly smiled at him and said, "Yo, Erlangjun came back so early today?" ”

This sentence alone immediately made the extremely sensitive and cautious Huan Rang panic and incoherent, and he hurriedly explained with a smile: "I don't have anything serious to do, but I just go out for a walk in idleness, and I come back when I'm tired, how can it be early or late." ”

Huan Rang was quite weak-hearted, for fear that people would hear something, so as soon as he finished speaking, he hurriedly went to the house.

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