Seeing the crane-haired old man, King Chengwu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. The other party was dressed simply, his appearance was ordinary, he didn't show any superior demeanor, and he looked just an ordinary old man. But although he has an arrogant personality, he has always treated the old man with respect. stepped forward to make a junior salute and invited the other party to the guest seat.

"I remember that Xu Junshi said that he was from Yaozhou, but he rarely talked about his family affairs with this king. I don't know what the relationship between the old man and Xu Junshi is? ”

When the old man heard this, he got up and apologized: "Actually, the grass people don't have any deep friendship with the Xu family, just ordinary fellow villagers, and by chance I heard that Xu Junshi was under the banner of the prince, so I came to see the prince in his name and asked the prince to forgive him." ”

King Chengwu may not know that Xu Yuan is a pseudonym at this time, and lying about his name is a capital crime in the army, Zhong Bo did not dare to risk Xu Sanlang's life, so he could only deal with it like this and try to dissociate himself from him.

When King Chengwu heard this, the contempt in his eyes became even stronger.

Since he entered Beijing, how many people want to have a relationship with him, look at it, now the little ideas have hit Xu Yuan's head.

However, after a few words with the old man, he gradually put away his preconceptions.

"The prince offended the household secretary half a month ago, and he pressed the prince's reimbursement account and did not report it, which made the prince at a loss. According to the grass people, if the prince wants to solve the crux of the relationship with the Hubu Shangshu, there are only two ways to go. One is to apologize to him and give him a huge face, and the other is to give him money and promise him great benefits. ”

King Chengwu's expression was grim: "In front of the Hubu Shangshu, the king disdains it." Give him the benefit, and this king will not have the financial resources. ”

The old man seemed to have expected him to respond like this, and said with a slight smile: "Since this road is not working, why can't the prince change his thinking?" ”

"This king is stupid, and I hope the old man will say it clearly."

The old man said: "The prince's eyes have always been on the officials of the household department, trying to find a breakthrough from those high-ranking officials, but I don't know that there is a group of people in the household department, they are humble and high, and they are thin and big, and the prince's kung fu is more worthy of them." ”

King Chengwu was puzzled: "Oh? ”

The other party looked at ease and talked eloquently: "The chief officials of the yamen of various ministries and institutes are generally only one or twenty people, but most of the specific and tedious work is done by another group of people. They occupy the key points of power, and they all depend on them, and this group of people is the officials of each department. The old man stroked his beard and looked at him, "The scribe of the household department is the main force that really checks the accounts." Even the head of the household department needs to please them on weekdays, otherwise, if they go on strike together, he will be the head of the household department who will not be able to hand over in the end. ”

Among the six departments, the household department is the easiest department to get oil and water, and if officials want to get oil and water, they can't do without the help of those officials who do specific work. Therefore, the group of officials in the household department is very large, and the situation of weak officials and strong officials is also very obvious here.

King Chengwu has not been in Beijing for a long time, so he naturally doesn't understand the complicated stakes.

The old man said, dipped his hand in tea, wrote a name on the table, and said: "The prince might as well go and see this person, he works in the degree branch of the household department......" and added meaningfully, "The mansion of the head of the household branch is almost all to Guangqingmen, but his small scribe's mansion is only two streets away from the palace, can the prince know what this means?" ”

Although King Chengwu is not good at human affairs, his brain is not stupid, and when he heard this, he naturally understood the deep meaning of his words. It will certainly not be easy for a small scribe to be able to afford a mansion in such a location. His eyes lit up: "So, this person is the one who is in the position of the head of the household?" Although he saw a glimmer of hope, he still had a worry, "However, even if this king works him, he is willing to be used by this king to complete the verification of military expenses for this king, but if the head of the household is still pressed and does not report ......"

The old man reminded him lightly: "The prince forgot, the one who holds the right to approve the red is not the head of the household, but the celebrant supervisor." ”

King Chengwu's brows couldn't help but move. Yes, the scribe will check the fee, report it step by step, and finally hand it over to the head of the household department for review, and then the household department will submit it to the celebrant for approval, and finally report it to the saint. But even if in this process, what does it matter if you cross a household book?

He couldn't help but get up, and arched his hand with joy on his face: "If this matter is successful, this king will thank Mr. again." Haven't asked Mr. Gao's last name yet? ”

The old man hurriedly left the table and helped him out: "The grass people don't dare." The owner of the grass people has admired the demeanor of the prince for a long time, and when he learned that the prince had been bored recently because of these bad people in Beijing, he dared to think of an idea, but he was unable to come in person because he was entangled in something. ”

King Chengwu said: "So, this king can't see the master of the gentleman today?" ”

Zhong Bo looked at this young face, which had been exposed to the wind and sun, with immaturity and angularity that did not match his age, his eyes were sincere, but not completely without a city, among which there was both appreciation and value for him, as well as frank doubts and temptations. This kind of temptation and suspicion is extremely oppressive. Under the gaze of this kind of gaze, Zhong Bo knew that there was something he didn't seem to have said.

However, the purpose of his trip had been achieved, and as long as King Chengwu knew about it, he was already half successful.

After that, I just begged the young master to delay more time.

He straightened his colors and said, "The head of the family has been entangled in trivial matters recently, and it is inconvenient to withdraw. ”

King Chengwu sent him to the atrium, looked at his departing back, and when he couldn't see it, he spoke up and ordered the people behind him: "Go and check his details." Then I asked someone to hand a letter to Xu Junshi and ask about the situation of this master and servant. ”

Li Xiaowei has been by King Chengwu's side for the longest time, so he understands very well that everyone thinks that his prince is not familiar with people's feelings, but they don't know that he is the best at seeing people. Some people, he doesn't make friends, he just disdains to make friends. If someone comes with a purpose, then he might as well not pay. So by the side of the prince, apart from him for so many years, there are only Xu Junshi and General Zhao. As a general, the prince clearly knows that he doesn't need those who come to cling, what he needs is people who can follow him from birth to death......

When Captain Li reported the news to King Chengwu, he was shooting targets at the school grounds. Bend the bow and release the arrow, hitting the bull's-eye. He squinted his eyes slightly in the sun: "So, he came to offer advice to this king, but it turned out that he had eaten the lawsuit of the court guard and hugged the king's thigh." ”

Sweat swept across the angular face, and the strong chest was faintly exposed under the white single clothes.

"In this capital, there are few people who can talk to the commander of the Imperial Health Division, except for the prince. He came for this, but he didn't open this mouth, but he knew how to advance and retreat......"

King Chengwu pulled out another arrow and aimed it at the bull's-eye: "What is the background of the girl named Song?" ”

"The Song family runs a warehouse and a tooth store in Yaozhou, so there is nothing else worth mentioning."

Tooth merchants are good citizens with solid family backgrounds, and they have close contacts with the government, so it is not surprising that they were born in such a family and understand some joints that others do not understand.

Captain Li said again: "Xu Junshi specially replied and came back, saying that the master and servant are indeed his fellow villagers, especially this Song girl, who has the grace to help him, and hopes that the prince can take care of him more." ”

"Oh? Didn't he Xu Yuan always be reluctant to deal with this king, but now he thought of asking this king to help his fellow villagers. ”

Captain Li coughed: "Xu Junshi's letter is three pages long, it seems that this Song girl is indeed important to him." ”

King Chengwu snorted: "This king is curious, what kind of person can make our Xu Junshi bow to this king in such a hurry." ”

Captain Li was silent and said, "Xu Junshi didn't bow his head, he let the prince watch it." ”

“……”

King Chengwu scolded him in his heart, and then asked, "Who is the person who the Imperial Guard Division is tracking down with great fanfare?" ”

"On the surface, he is tracking down Lord Xiao, but according to his humble investigation, the portrait on the arrest warrant is not Lord Xiao himself, and this matter is really strange."

The arrow left the string and headed towards the bull's-eye, and King Chengwu's tone seemed a little indifferent: "The affairs of the Ting Wei Division, if you can't get involved, you won't get involved." The person who dared to hide Shen Hanxi's pursuit, this girl was quite bold. Let's wait and see, this king can't go to Shen Hanxi again in order to repay Xu Junshi's favor. ”

Although with his ability, it shouldn't be a problem to go to the Tingwei Division to get a handful of people, but when he thought that he had just entered Beijing, he was asked by Shen Hanxi, and he inexplicably didn't want to take the initiative to see him again.

Captain Li slandered, Lord Wang, is it really good for you to not give face to Xu Junshi like this......

Before he left, he heard King Chengwu say again: "Wait." Send someone to pay attention to the movements of the Imperial Guard, and report it to the king at any time, don't let her die. ”

Song Ran's luck was good, Shen Hanxi had an urgent matter to enter the palace that night, leaving her alone in the room.

Shen Hanxi's room was very large, very clean, and all kinds of things were available. She poured herself a cup of tea, the tea was in her stomach, and her body gradually warmed up, only then did she notice that the tea set was Mei Ziqing from Longquan Kiln. The number of this glaze firing is very small, and the color is warm and simple, such as the early spring of Asakusa, which is very quaint. As far as she knows, very few of these blue-glazed porcelain have survived. I remember that there was a set in the house, which was broken by Shaoyuan and relied on her head, and after her father heard about it, he locked her up in the firewood room for half a month......

She stopped the memory and carefully pushed the teacup forward.

In addition to this set of tea sets, the other objects in this room also showed Shen Hanxi's good taste, but when he thought that this thing might have been scavenged by him, his mood couldn't help but be a little complicated.

Her adaptability has always been good, and if she comes, she will be safe, so she should find a place to lie down first.

Shen Hanxi rarely came back early today, but when the people in the yamen saw his face, they all automatically retreated.

Xiao Yan has lost so many days, and there are already people waiting to see his jokes. A few days ago, I finally found a reason to stabilize the saint, but today I don't know who went to blow the wind in his ears again, which made Long Yan angry, and did not save him half of face in the court.

He returned to the Imperial Guard Division with a frosty face, and the maidservant who usually took care of his daily life trotted to pick up the lamp in his room, and before he had time to pour tea, he was frightened by his "get down" and turned pale, and fled and retreated.

Shen Hanxi sat down, opened the teacup and took a look, and when he saw the tea residue left over from being drunk, he remembered.

He seems to have one more thing to do.