The young couple picked a piece of rosewood in the inner carrier warehouse for a long time, and finally picked a piece of rosewood.

Duanmu Fei said with great interest: "Ah Yan, I'll draw the picture, and you will carve." ”

Mu Yan couldn't ask for it, so he diligently spread paper and polished ink for her, with a style of "red sleeves adding fragrance".

The cicadas and pothos couldn't bear to look at each other.

They had just withdrawn, and it happened that the Inner Court Division had sent tribute, so they had to go in and disturb the two masters.

"Your Majesty, the queen's mother, this is the tribute sent by Jiang Zhou."

At the same time as Bi Cicada spoke, several small chamberlains rushed in, moved five or six heavy boxes and boxes into the house, and then retreated respectfully, walking quietly.

Luluo opened one of the wooden boxes and said with a smile: "Niangniang, the slave and maid look at this box comb, but it is very interesting." ”

As he spoke, Luluo presented the box comb to Duanmu Fei's hand.

Duanmu glanced casually at the box.

At this glance, her gaze froze, and her gaze fell on one of the wooden combs.

Duanmu moved his eyebrows, picked up the comb, and a playful smile hooked the corners of his lips.

This is a mahogany comb with three cats carved on it, which is vivid, interesting and cute.

The point was that she had just seen this comb at a stall in the market in the afternoon.

Duanmu Fei had held this peach comb in her hand and played with it for at least half a cup of tea, and she could be sure that this was the comb in the market.

Jiangzhou last city is a woodcarving resort, and at this time of year, some local tributes are sent, such as wooden combs, grates, wood carvings, nuclear carvings, and the like.

Mu Yan, who was originally studying ink, put down the ink strip in his hand, and he naturally recognized the wooden comb in Duanmufei's hand, and a sneer hooked the corner of his mouth.

"Who made this comb?" Duanmu asked, playing with the comb.

The "tributes" that came in from the Inner Court were all described in detail in a booklet.

Luluo immediately took out a booklet, turned to one of the pages, and said: "Niangniang, this booklet says that this box comb grate is made by a famous craftsman named Wang Qingren in Jiangzhou last city, this Wang Qingren's family has been making combs for generations, and the skills are exquisite, and a wooden comb will go through 28 processes such as carving, drawing, ironing, carving, and grinding......

Mu Yan took the comb from Duanmu Fei's hand, and mocked with a smile: "This story is really well written. "It's a pity that this king is not the other king.

Pothos closed the booklet and didn't read any further.

She looked at Bi Chan suspiciously, and both of them felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere. Is there anything wrong with this comb?

Bi Cicada also took out a comb from the box, looked at it, and only felt that the peach blossoms and delphiniums on the comb were very delicately carved, and even the small beak and the stamens of the peach blossoms were clearly visible.

"The story is really well written." Duanmu hooked his lips and smiled, "This wood, this carving, and this skill of painting gold are said to be Wang Qingren's works." Is the Cabinet trying to fool me? "Is she so blind!

Bi Chan and Green Pothos heard a little bit of the way, that is, Nei Tingsi took some combs that he didn't know where to get them, claiming to be Wang Qingren's works, and they were indiscriminately filled.

This inner court division must be too bold! The maids were secretly speechless in their hearts.

The smile on the corner of Mu Yan's lips was even colder, and he said meaningfully: "The appetite of the Inner Court Division is not small. ”

Duanmu Fei took back the comb engraved with the cat from Mu Yan's hand, and said with a smile: "Leave it to me." ”

The Inner Court Division is responsible for managing royal affairs, and it also involves the use of the palace, and the queen is the head of the harem, so of course she is qualified to manage the Inner Court Division.

However, the Inner Court Division is the yamen of the imperial court, and in all dynasties, only with the permission of the emperor, the queen can move the Inner Court Division.

For many years, the corruption of the Inner Court Division has been a problem, from the previous dynasty to the Dasheng Dynasty, there are queens who have been ordered to check the accounts of the Inner Court Division, the problem is that this account is checked, it is not a great achievement, but if it is not checked well, it is often thankless, but it will be impeached by the Inner Court Division and the imperial history of the queen's harem for interfering in politics.

As for the emperor, if he personally moves the inner court, it is like a man going to manage the inner house, and it is always not good to hear it out, and it hinders his reputation, so it is often the queen who carries the black pot and receives it on behalf of the king.

A few maids swallowed their saliva and heard the meaning of the masters: Could it be that the queen is planning to investigate the inner court? ! It's not easy!

"Since the Inner Court Division dares to do this, this means that it must be more than the first time." Duanmu Fei said affirmatively, his eyes flickering, and his face showed a thoughtful look.

The young couple exchanged a look with each other and blurted out tacitly: ""Lotus Lying Guanyin." ”

It should be said that it is the fake "Lotus Lying Guanyin" in the Tianzi Xin room.

What "Lotus Lying Guanyin"?! The cicadas and pothos were confused.

Duanmufei's eyes became brighter and brighter.

There are two if there is one, there are three for two, and it seems that there should be a lot of such similar fakes hidden in the inner library!

To check the inner court, you can start from the inner transport warehouse.

Duanmu Fei was aroused and ordered: "Come on, go and bring all the account books of the inner library over the years." ”

As soon as she gave the order, everyone up and down the Chonghua Palace moved and hurried.

Mu Yan looked at Duanmu Fei happily on the side, his phoenix eyes were bright, and he sighed: Zhen Zhen is awesome!

The response of the inner carrier warehouse was extremely fast, and without a single stick of incense, the palm print eunuch personally led people to carry all the account books of the last five years.

The palm print eunuch was afraid that it would not be enough, so he specially asked: "Niangniang, do you want the slave to bring the account books of the previous five years?" ”

Duanmu Fei thought about it, and remembered that the last time he heard the eunuch of the palm print say that the "Lotus Lying Guanyin" was the tenth year of Longzhi, when Mu Jianming went down to the south of the Yangtze River, he was paid tribute by a Jiangnan salt merchant, and after returning to Beijing, the Inner Court Division sent it to the inner treasury.

In other words, the Cabinet has been doing this kind of fake behavior since at least a decade ago.

The fake "Lotus Lying Guanyin" is painted vividly, if it is not revealed in the payment, it can almost be fake, think about it, ten years later, the Inner Court Division actually used so many handfuls of wooden combs that can be bought in the market as tribute, and the courage is obviously a lot bigger.

"Go and fetch the account books of Longzhi's ten to fourteenth years." Duanmu Fei commanded.

The palm print eunuch smiled and accepted the order.

So, half an hour later, there were more red lacquered wooden chests in the side hall, and there was almost no ground to put down to, and each box was filled with account books of the past years.

Duanmu Fei looked at the account book intently, and he didn't even know when the other people in the hall had withdrawn.

She read the account book very quickly, ten lines at a glance, and at most two breaths on each page, at first glance it seemed like a hasty browsing, but Mu Yan knew that Duanmu Fei had memorized the content of each page in his heart.

It's been like this since a long, long time ago, and she can't forget it, and she reads books very quickly.

Mu Yan's eyes stared at Duanmu Fei's focused side face.

Her eyes are bright, the corners of her lips are slightly curled, just so quietly lowering her eyes to read, her body exudes a quiet and gentle temperament.

Mu Yan's eyes flashed slightly, remembering what happened when he was a child, many times, he didn't have a chance to talk to Ah Ci, he just looked at her from afar.

And now......

Mu Yan couldn't help but stretch out his fingers and rub his fingers on her delicate cheeks, and now, she was within reach of herself.

Mu Yan's eyebrows stretched, a satisfied smile on the corner of his lips, and his heart was indescribably comfortable.

"Smack!"

Duanmufei, who was reading the account book, subconsciously raised his hand and slapped away the disturbing "mosquito".

"......" Mu Yan blinked, pursing his thin lips with a resentful expression.

He suddenly found that Duanmu Fei was busy, so he ignored him.

Didn't Zhen Zhen promise that she would draw the picture and carve a comb for her herself?

This inner court is really going to make trouble! The corners of Mu Yan's eyes twitched, and he put the account on the head of the Inner Ting Division.

The more Mu Yan looked at these account books, the more eye-catching he became, and he began to divert Duanmu Fei's attention without words: "Zhen Zhen, I'm afraid this matter involves a lot of people in the Inner Court Division. ”

"Oh." Duanmu Fei replied casually and turned another page of the account book.

"Zhen Zhen, do you want me to ask the household department to help you check together?" Mu Yan said again, feeling that he had a good idea, he would check all the unsightly account books to the household department, and the two of them could continue to make combs!

"Don't make a noise." Duanmu Fei looked more focused.

"......" Mu Yan was even more resentful.

He silently picked up the piece of rosewood they picked just now, and then he stabbed it, his phoenix eyes lit up, and he had an idea again.

"Zhenzhen, the eldest brother should be going to Huaizhou." Mu Yan said deliberately.

Duanmu Fei's fingers, which were about to turn the page, stopped, looked at Mu Yan, and his attention was finally attracted, "Ah Yan, have you received a letter from Master Cen?" ”

I don't know if my sister knows the news? Duanmufei had already figured out whether to send someone to inform Duanmujun.

Mu Yan was secretly proud that he had said the right thing, and replied with a smile: "I just received the flying pigeon biography this morning. ”

Cen Yin arrived in Huaizhou three days ago, and before that, Mu Yan's holy decree had been sent to Huaizhou Dayue City from eight hundred miles, so Luo Qifang and Luo Guangqing of Huaizhou both knew about this matter in advance.

On the afternoon of this day, the two led their troops out of the city to greet Cen Yin's arrival.

"Gotta ......"

In the distance, the sound of horses' hooves like thunder could be heard.

Luo Qifang and Luo Guangqing were each riding on a horse, looking at the front with deep eyes.

Suddenly, a team of black-pressed centaurs appeared on the horizon, like a dark cloud rolling in.

"Gotta ......"

The sound of horses' hooves grew closer, and even the ground shook.

Luo Qifang and Luo Guangqing both looked at the handsome young man at the front, the young man in a red unicorn robe rode a sturdy white horse, wearing a dark cloak, the cloak fluttered in the wind, with a bit of arrogance and a bit of fierceness.

The scorching May sun cast a faint halo on Cen Yin's body, like a fairy descending to earth.

Behind Cen Yin are the elites of the two hundred East Factory and Jinyiwei, and there are also three thousand elites of the Fire Gun Battalion accompanying him, which is impressive.

Looking at Cen Yin, who was gradually approaching in front of him, Luo Qifang and Luo Guangqing's expressions became more complicated.

Neither of them slept well last night, and a blue shadow faintly appeared in their eye sockets.

In addition to the holy decree on the surface, they also had a secret letter from Mu Yan, in which Mu Yan asked them to obey Cen Yin's instructions and not to disobey the order.

Luo Qifang and Luo Guangqing couldn't help but glance at each other.

The horses under their crotches seemed to sense the complicated feelings of their masters, neighed twice, and the horses' hooves paced lightly twice.

The two of them actually didn't understand why the new emperor gave them such a secret letter, or rather, they didn't understand why the new emperor wanted Cen Yin to come to Huaizhou.

According to them, Cen Yin's visit to Huaizhou was most likely to take advantage of the opportunity to seize power.

Huaizhou was taken by Mu Yan himself, and Mu Yan established an immortal feat, won the hearts of the people, and was able to pull the abolished emperor off the throne step by step and set things right.

Now Huaizhou has the remnants of the south to make a rebellion, so that the people of Huaizhou are unstable, the situation is turbulent, Cen Yin came here thousands of miles away is obviously to make meritorious service, in order to deter people's hearts, but also to seize power.

The emperor actually let him come...... Hey, the emperor is really kind.

Luo Qifang and Luo Guangqing both sighed secretly in their hearts.

I wanted to think about it, but Mu Yan's order was there, and the two glanced at each other again, so they could only ride their horses to meet each other.

The speed of Cen Yin's group gradually eased down, and they stopped seven or eight zhang away, and they came all the way quickly, all of them were dusty servants.

"Lord Cen Governor."

Luo Guangqing and Luo Qifang respectfully saluted Cen Yin in front of them.

Cen Yin glanced at the two of them faintly and greeted: "Lord Luo, Lord Luo." ”

His voice was neither light nor heavy, neither hurried nor slow, nor could he hear joy or anger.

Luo Guangqing and Luo Qifang didn't dare to be contemptuous at all, after all, the other party was Cen Yin, who was feared like a tiger by the Manchu Dynasty, and he didn't know how many powerful and important ministers were folded in his hands.

Luo Qifang cleared his throat and said tentatively: "Lord Cen has worked hard all the way, isn't it ......?"

He wanted to ask Cen Yin if he wanted to wash up and settle down first, but was interrupted by Cen Yin raising his hand: "Let's get down to business first." ”

After that, Cen Yin ordered the Huojiao camp to camp and settle outside Dayue City, and he took Dongchang and Jinyiwei into the city, and went to the original Nanhuai Palace with Luo Qifang and the others.

Anyway, this palace is empty and empty, and Luo Qifang and Luo Guangqing both use this place as an office yamen.

Cen Yin came from afar, and the best place they could entertain him was naturally here.

The three of them came to the main hall of the palace with a clear goal, and as soon as they sat down, Cen Yin asked straight to the point: "In the past six months, how is the livelihood of the people in Huaizhou?" ”

Luo Qifang replied fluently: "In the past few years, in order to expand, Nanhuai has been fighting for many years, resulting in many strong men dying on the battlefield, and a large number of people dying and fleeing. ”

"What about finances?"

The answer was still Luo Qifang: "The spring tax has been collected, and the state treasury is rich, about three million taels of silver." The lower officials have ordered that the good halls be opened widely, so that those who have no strong men in their families will have a place to live. ”

It is an eternal truth that the government persecuts the people to rebel, and as long as the most ordinary people can survive, they will naturally not rebel.

Cen Yin then asked about the army and the various ethnic groups in Huaizhou, and Luo Qifang and Luo Guangqing answered each other fluently.

"How's Suna's side doing?" Cen Yin threw out a fifth question.

Luo Guangqing replied: "Suna and Mu Youjing are still in Shunhua City," when talking about Mu Youjing, Luo Guangqing's eyes flashed with contempt, "The patriarch of the Taixi tribe who originally served her was quite dissatisfied with her, and instigated the Dawei tribe to set up a new lord. In addition, recently, a group of Huaimin from Nanyang went to Shunhua City, but there were only two boats of people, and it couldn't be the climate. ”

Cen Yin then threw out several questions: "Why is the patriarch of the Taixi clan dissatisfied with Suna?" How does he get along with the Davi patriarch? ”

"Also, where did the group of Huaimin from Nanyang come from? What is your identity? Why did you ask to see Suna? ”

"......" Luo Guangqing and Luo Qifang were speechless and couldn't answer.

Cen Yin looked at them calmly.

The two of them were dripping with cold sweat, and sweat droplets visibly seeped out from the corners of their foreheads, and they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts: Cen Yin was in charge of the ceremonial supervisor and the East Factory when he was not yet a weak crown, and the power leaned towards the government and the opposition for so many years, and it was not without reason.

While sighing, the two secretly complained to themselves: it was their lack of ability that they lost the emperor's face in front of Cen Yin.

There was silence in the hall.

I only heard the rustle of flowers and trees in the wind outside the hall, and the sound of birds flapping their wings and flying by.

Cen Yin picked up the teacup and drank the tea slowly, his narrow eyes flickering.

Luo Guangqing and Luo Qifang are really still too immature, if Huaizhou is fine, they can practice slowly, but if there is a little accident, they are easy to be in a hurry, for example, when Su Na suddenly established himself as the king together with several clans, Luo Guangqing and Luo Qifang were obviously confused, acting timidly and cowering, not decisive enough, so that it took two more months to control the situation in Huaizhou.

Cen Yin took two sips of tea, put down the teacup, and said lightly: "This seat will know this within three days!" You can go down. ”

He casually sent Luo Guangqing and Luo Qifang away.

"Yes, Lord Cen Governor." Luo Guangqing and Luo Qifang both got up, bowed to Cen Yin, and retired.

After the two of them went out from the main hall, they found that the sky outside had completely darkened.

A silver moon and countless stars hung high in the night sky, and the stars were brilliant.

The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly, with a thick tiredness between their eyebrows.

Some of them are going to be busy next.

Luo Guangqing raised his eyes to look at the stars in the night sky, and said: "Qifang, the holy decree says that there may be earth dragons in the south and Huaizhou, what do you think......

In case Huaizhou really has a ground dragon turned over, Huaizhou is afraid that it will be chaotic.

Luo Guangqing just thought about it, and he felt heavy in his heart.

Luo Qifang patted Luo Guangqing's shoulder and said, "The soldiers will come to block it, and the water will cover it." ”

That's right! Luo Guangqing immediately perked up again. At best, it would be better for them to at least know about this in advance, and to be prepared in advance, than to be caught off guard by a natural disaster.

Moreover, if Cen Yin really wants to take power in Huaizhou, they will have to take a good look at Huaizhou for the emperor!

The two looked at each other again.

They have been working together in Huaizhou for several years, and they have a tacit understanding, just a glance exchange, and they don't need any words to understand each other's thoughts.

No matter what kind of selfish intentions Cen Yin had on this trip, he did make them realize that they were still far away!

They have to work harder!

"Let's go." Luo Guangqing patted Luo Qifang on the back, and the two went towards their study.

This night, the two stayed awake all night, and the light in the study was on until dawn......

Early the next morning, the news of Cen Yin's arrival in Dayue City came as if he had grown wings, and it didn't take half a day to spread to everyone.

Luo Guangqing and Luo Qifang are the principals of Huaizhou, and their every move is watched by the patriarchs of various tribes in Huaizhou.

They also noticed that the two of them went out of the city early in the morning to welcome the angel from the capital, and then after inquiring again, they learned that the person who came was Cen Yin, the governor of Dongchang Factory.

Although Huaizhou is thousands of miles away from the capital, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Tiangao Emperor is far away, but the patriarchs of these tribes also know Cen Yin's famous name.

"Cen Yin is actually here! How could it be him! ”

In a certain mansion, seven or eight Huaizhou men of different shapes gathered, and one of them, a middle-aged man with a mustache, walked back and forth in the center of the hall irritably, his face uncertain.

"What about Cen Yin?! It's just a eunuch! A burly and rugged man in his thirties pursed his lips disdainfully, took a sip of water and wine from his glass, and wiped the corners of his mouth with his cuffs heroically.

"It doesn't matter if it's a eunuch or not, the key is that this person is powerful in Dasheng, and he says one thing or another." Another gray-haired old man slowly stroked his beard, his brows furrowed.

There was a solemn and oppressive atmosphere in the hall, and the air was heavy.

The middle-aged man with the mustache stopped, looked at the rugged man, and scolded, "Tuohara, what do you know?!" Back then, in order to annex Dasheng, King Huai once ordered us to investigate the high-ranking officials and famous generals in the Dasheng court, and this Cen Yin was the most of them. ”

The old man also knew about this matter, and then said: "At the beginning, King Huai also thought about starting from Cen Yin. ”

"Mu Jianming, the abolished emperor of Dasheng back then, was convinced of Cen Yin and entrusted him with an important task. King Huai felt that if he could buy Cen Yin, it would be easy to win Dasheng, but the result was ......"

As he spoke, the old man's expression became complicated.

Tuohara asked curiously, "What was the result?" ”

The old man's brows furrowed even tighter, and deep furrows appeared in the center of his eyebrows and the corners of his eyes.

The wind outside the hall suddenly became violent, causing the branches and leaves to shake and crackle.

The old man said in a bitter voice: "None of the envoys sent out have been able to come back, and I don't know whether they are dead or alive. ”

This old man was also a confidant of King Huai, knowing that King Huai had sent five or six waves of people to Dasheng to secretly contact Cen Yin, at first King Huai thought that there was something wrong with the secret envoy, when the two batches of secret envoys were silent, King Huai suspected that Cen Yin was dissatisfied with the conditions they proposed, and killed the secret envoy.

King Huai was also angry about this, but he really couldn't think of a better candidate than Cen Yin, after all, those eunuchs have always been either greedy for money or power, King Huai increased his bargaining chips, and successively sent secret envoys over, but those secret envoys still did not come back, and none of them came back.

There was silence in the room.

Suddenly, the middle-aged man with a mustache swallowed his saliva and said, "Su Wen Cen Yin is scheming, and I don't know what I came to Nanhuai for this time?" ”

(End of chapter)