The person who came was Xia Qinghe, the squire of the military department.

After getting out of the carriage, he tidied up his clothes, followed the shopkeeper of the Dark Fragrance Building up to the second floor through a secret door, and stopped outside a private room.

The shopkeeper gestured silently to him, and then withdrew.

Xia Qinghe watched the shopkeeper of the Dark Fragrance Building leave, stared at the closed door panel and muttered for a moment, then knocked lightly on the door, and then pushed the door open and walked in.

He didn't dare to raise his head, but he crossed a threshold, came to the inner room, knelt down at the round table in the inner room, and whispered:

"Minister Xia Qinghe see Your Majesty!"

The person who was kneeling down sat at the table, dressed in white Sheng Xue, his expression was indifferent, he glanced at Xia Qinghe, smiled lightly, spoke slowly, and said gently:

"I haven't seen you for a long time, I heard that Xia Qing is becoming more and more liked by Lord Feng, Xia Qing is really Tengda!"

Xia Qinghe's heart "chuckled", his shoulders trembled slightly, and then he kowtowed his head heavily, knocking his head like a chicken pecking rice, and said over and over again:

"Your Majesty forgive your sins! Your Majesty forgives your sins! ”

He has nothing to justify, after His Royal Highness Lord Feng scolded Xu Chuan, General Xu, which led to the defeat of the Xu family army and the occupation of the city, he, as a supervisor, did not even resist because he was outnumbered, and directly raised his hands and surrendered.

He knows the current affairs, because he knows the current affairs, so when he was in Tengda, he wouldn't be too entangled in why he surrendered so quickly in the first place. But the stigma can't be erased, and he was talked about behind his back, because he surrendered on the battlefield, so he couldn't defend himself when he was secretly called a "traitor", because he was originally.

Sometimes he also felt unfair, and everyone surrendered in the end, only in order, just because he surrendered first, and the rest of the people were forced to surrender when the soldiers entered the army, so those who surrendered later are qualified to speak ill of him behind his back, which is unreasonable.

But the reality is so unreasonable, even if he sits in the position of the squire of the military department, many people look down on him, exclude him, and talk and insult him behind his back. Because there are too many such people, he is outnumbered even to defend himself, and he can only keep his mouth shut and endure it.

He knew that the reason why he was placed in the position of the squire of the military department after Lord Feng opened the sixth department was because he surrendered her on the battlefield.

General Xu, who was also defeated in that battle and forced to surrender, was placed in the official position of the secretary of the military department because he surrendered in the battle.

They are Longxi people, and if they are placed in important official positions, in the eyes of outsiders, they will feel that His Royal Highness the Feng Lord really did not treat Longxi and Feng Ming people differently.

In fact, they don't need to be treated differently by His Royal Highness Lord Feng, in the hearts of their colleagues from Long Xi and Feng Ming, they have long been treated differently. To the Feng Ming people, they are the vanquished, and to the Long Xi people, they are traitors.

Don't look at them sitting in high positions and seem to be very popular, in fact, their careers are very blocked.

Because of the discord with his colleagues, although General Xu went to the yamen every day to order something, he didn't care about his duties at all, and everything was pushed to him, the squire of the military department, to do. Xia Qinghe thought that General Xu was very old, and if he continued to be absent from work because of his bad spirits, he would probably go home in a short time.

The official positions they hold now are like a hot potato, and it is very difficult to continue to do it in peace, not because they themselves do not work hard and seriously, but because others do not want to cooperate with them at all. But if you really resign and go home, to put it mildly, General Xu is so old, it is nothing to resign and go home to retire, but Xia Qinghe is still young, and he resigned at a young age because he was excluded and couldn't do it, and his future will be even worse.

"I didn't blame you, if you were defeated on the battlefield, you would either die for your country or be humiliated and surrender to the enemy, and you only had these two ways to go at that time." Shen Run didn't raise his eyes to see Xia Qinghe keep kowtowing, he elegantly picked up the teacup, took a sip shallowly, and said casually.

Xia Qinghe stopped kowtowing, he maintained a bowed posture, because of Shen Run's words, his heart sank again. His Majesty's words are as if he was saying that he should have died in the first place, and that was the right thing.

Shen Run put down the teacup and looked at Xia Qinghe with shallow eyes, his tranquil gaze was very existential.

Xia Qinghe bowed his head to the floor, cold sweat oozed from his back, and his civilian clothes were already wet. The two gazes that fell on his back were not dangerous in themselves, but when they fell on him, the cold feeling spread on his back, and his heart trembled violently.

After a while, Shen Run snorted, his laughter was very soft, but it reminded Xia Qinghe of the former court, and the person in front of him was also a person who could put people to death while talking and laughing. Probably he is softer than the Phoenix Lord, the Phoenix Lord's killing method is close to the barbarism of the Beast King, but the person in front of him is the emperor, the person who was given the destiny of heaven to use the supreme imperial power to kill people, because he used the supreme imperial power, so he will not take people's lives at will, that will tarnish the dignity of the imperial power, but as long as he wants, he is not more merciful than the Phoenix Lord, at that time, he and the Phoenix Lord's ruthlessness is the same.

"Get up, now you are not my courtier, you are the courtier of Lord Feng, naturally you don't need to make this big gift to me again." Shen Run chuckled, and said lightly.

"No, for the minister, Your Majesty will always be Your Majesty." Xia Qinghe hung his head and spoke in a hurried tone.

Shen Run smiled lightly and said lightly: "That's it, get up." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xia Qinghe said respectfully, and then slowly stood up from the ground, he still hung his head, not daring to face the holy face.

Shen Run glanced at him.

"Xia Qing's military squire did a good job?" Shen Run asked with a smile.

Xia Qinghe wanted to smile bitterly, he was a smart person, he wouldn't think that Shen Run asked him just casually, or wanted to listen to him perfunctory, Shen Run's question must have a purpose, he thought for a moment and then told the truth:

"Back to Your Majesty, it's not very smooth."

The corners of Shen Run's lips were hooked deeper, and Xia Qinghe was a clever person.

"I heard that Xu Chuan is not even going to the military department now, and the current affairs of the military department are all presided over by you?"

"Back to Your Majesty, General Xu is old, his health is not very good, he has made a lot of old illnesses when he is busy, and now because he wants to recuperate, except for the occasional occasional meal, he spends most of his time at home to recuperate."

"Really?" Shen Run laughed.

Xia Qinghe knew that he didn't believe it when he heard this laughter, Xia Qinghe stood in the middle of the floor, hanging his head lower.

After a while, Shen Run spoke again, and he asked lightly:

"I heard that since the Feng Ying Kingdom imitated the Chiyang Kingdom to get a twelve, there are all kinds of chaos in the twelve guards, you are in the military department, have you heard of this?"