Guo Rui stood outside the hall, the supplement on his body was windless, and for the first time in his five years as the secretary of the Criminal Department, he was so nervous that his mouth was dry. m.

Master Lin Lian, the master of ceremonies, sent in the notebook that recorded the trial of Shen Qingqiu's case, and it had been half an hour, and he had not yet been announced to be in at this moment.

"It's hot, Lord Guo quietly drinks saliva"

The subordinates behind him covered it with their sleeves, handed over a long-necked exquisite porcelain bottle, and the criminal department Shangshu turned around, and Qin Zhao, the director of the Ministry of Justice, was in his prime, with the word "worry" written on his face...... Master Guo glanced at the few small yellow doors outside the hall a few times, and they immediately lowered their heads, or looked away with their faces slightly.

Lord Guo handed Qin Zhao a grateful look, today's subordinate is right, if he is the head of the lawsuit, he may not even have this bit of eyesight.

"You also drink some, you have been standing with the official for a long time, Rao is young and strong, and he can't live long if he lacks water."

Qin Zhao resigned with a smile, "Lord Guo stayed, I don't know when the emperor will summon you." Before the lower official entered the palace with the adult, he poured a bowl of bayberry soup, and he was not thirsty. ”

"You really don't want to drink?"

"Seriously." Qin Zhao caught a glimpse of those little yellow doors staring at the porcelain vase in Lord Guo's hand, and said that if he was not thirsty, it was fake, and on a hot day, even a beast had to be heated, let alone a human.

Lord Guo quenched his thirst, was in a good mood, patted Qin Zhao's arm gently, and praised: "Your method is good, you are worthy of being a young man, and your brain is better than ours old and stubborn." ”

"My lord praised it falsely, this method was learned by the lower official from his father, and it is inevitable that something bad will happen on the battlefield, and the rations and water are more or less hidden on the body in case of emergency."

Lord Guo saw that Qin Zhao was steady and not impatient in his conversation, and he would not be passed in the hall for a while, so he whispered to him.

"Listening to what you said, Ling Zunxiang is a figure, where is he at the moment?"

Qin Zhao arched his hand, "If you are high, you don't dare, you are all worried about the emperor, and my father is now the governor of the five armies." ”

Lord Guo was surprised, if he wasn't in the palace at this moment, he was afraid that he would have screamed out loud, and said by Qin Zhao's wrist: "It turned out to be the son of the Governor of Qin, and the head of the capital told me about you, I still thought that there are a lot of people surnamed Qin in this capital, but it's a coincidence!" ”

Most of the children of official eunuchs, the family entrusts people to make money or use their positions to find errands for their children, which is a very common thing, so Lord Guo does not ask Qin Zhao much about his origins.

"Are you more used to doing things than the ministry?"

Qin Zhao said: "Get used to it, and you have already got started." It is more complicated than the things handled by the ministry and department, and it doesn't matter if it is related to the salaries of the officials in the ministry and the equipment needed in the army, which is not a major matter, and the lower officials dare not take it lightly. ”

Lord Guo bowed his head again and again, and said several times, "The future is terrifying".

At this time, the door of the palace opened, Lin Lian came out, and said to Guo Rui: "Lord Guo has been waiting for a long time, the emperor has just put down the fold, and the time is pressing, please make a long story short when you play." ”

"It's nature." Guo Rui said to Lin Lianyang: "Please ask Lord Lin to find a cool place for my subordinates and let him rest, although the young man has a hard foundation, he is also a pillar of the country." ”

Lin Lian glanced at Qin Zhao, "This matter is easy to do, Lord Guo just goes in and discusses with the emperor." ”

After Guo Rui entered the palace, Lin Lian immediately ordered a few words from a small yellow door, and said with a smile to Qin Zhao: "Little Lord Qin rarely enters the palace, it stands to reason that I should personally lead the way, but unfortunately it can't be opened here...... Several of them are lovely, if Lord Qin is thirsty, give a command, and he will not neglect you. ”

This "little Lord Qin" is to distinguish Qin Zhao's father from his tenth brother, Qin Zhao's official position is not high, and it can be regarded as an honorific title.

Qin Zhao said unhurriedly: "Lord Lin is really ashamed of his words, you are busy, the lower officials follow a few fathers-in-law, and they will never get lost." ”

Xiao Huangmen was clever, although the old ancestor did not tell where to take Qin Xiaoda, he himself pondered that several adults from the Hanlin Academy had also entered the palace today, and they were now sitting in the courtyard in the east, so he led Qin Zhao there.

"Master Qin, sit down first, and the servants will go in and inform a few adults, and then send you water to quench your thirst."

The small yellow door left Qin Zhao to sit under the porch, and ran into the three big houses in small steps, and from time to time I saw several officials going out, all of them of different heights and heights, all of them thin, and many of them were handsome.

"A few adults, Lord Qin Xiao entered the palace for the first time, and now there is no good place to go, so I have to come here to rest and enjoy the cool with all my lords."

The little yellow door has a lotus tongue, and his mouth is smeared with honey to praise the adults for their good hearts and big stomachs, so Qin Zhao stayed smoothly.

"I said that this little Lord Qin looks familiar, this eyebrows, eyes, and the bridge of his nose are exactly the same as Qin's commander!"

The first person who took the initiative to talk to him behaved freely, full of bookishness but not dull.

Listening to his words, Qin Zhao seemed to be familiar with his tenth brother Qin Jie, and got up to ask for his name.

The other party was not in a hurry to answer, and asked again: "How much does Lord Qin Xiao do at home?" ”

Qin Zhao said: "Line eight." ”

"It turned out to be the eighth brother, I am Chen Mian, when I was a child, I once climbed the wall of your Qin family with Qin Jie, and I can be regarded as a difficult brother."

Qin Zhao didn't expect that as soon as he entered the palace, he would meet the son of Chen Shoufu's family by walking around at will, and he was very excited.

I heard that Chen Mian has a high attainment in learning, and after Chen Shoufu's personal guidance, he wrote a good hand, and before he was famous, he wrote several poems and handed them to the emperor.

"When I was a child, I used to see Lord Chen walk around my house, but later Yunsheng went to southern Xinjiang, so I rarely saw him, if we didn't meet here today, I don't know when we would be able to meet."

As Qin Zhao spoke, another person came from under the eaves, his face was as white as silk that had not been soaked in dye, which made people can't help but imagine what kind of color this silk should be suitable for him if it needed to be dyed.

Chen Mian introduced: "This is the revision of entering the palace with me today, and the starling brother should have seen it when he crossed the horse and paraded through the streets that day." ”

mentioned the revision, and also crossed the streets, Qin Zhao had already guessed who it was.

"Lord Xu is so good-looking, there is a sentence in the book, 'Towering like Mount Tai will collapse', with Lord Xu is wonderful!" Qin Zhao praised without hesitation.

Chen Mian knocked down Xu Yuan's arm, "Lord Qin praised you, so you can give a reply." ”

Xu Yuan was indifferent, and asked lightly: "Lord Qin is serving in the Criminal Department, but today he entered the palace for the case of the criminal minister Shen Qingqiu?" ”

"When did you know that Starling was working in the Criminal Department?"

Xu Yuandao: "What my father-in-law said, didn't you pay attention to it?" ”

Chen Mian muttered: "I didn't hear someone arrive, I was curious for a while, but I didn't hear it." ”

Several adults in the Hanlin Academy were also extremely concerned about Shen Qingqiu's case, and they came up to ask for some details.

Qin Zhao was ashamed.

He had only heard about this case in the Criminal Department, and let him tell him the reason at this moment...... It was beyond his duty.