Chapter 11: The Six-Rank Guard
Kangxi's shoulder was blue when he was slapped by Chen Mo's palm, but he bared his teeth and grinned:
"Okay, what a seven-rank guard with a knife, sure enough, he is a good hand who can defeat four wrestlers, I have decided to promote you to my personal guard, and I will go in and out of the main hall with me every day, and escort me to the court with a knife."
Although the personal guard is a fourth-class guard, it is also a sixth-grade guard, Chen Mo was slightly stunned, but he was stunned and hurriedly shouted:
"Chen Mo, don't thank Lord Long En yet."
Chen Mo originally didn't want to kneel down to a Tartar emperor, but this was to complete the task, and he had to do many things he didn't want to do, so he immediately knelt in front of Kangxi in accordance with the rules of the military attache in the palace and bowed his head and said:
"Thank you Lord Longen, Chen Moding will serve the emperor with his liver and brains."
"Get up, you go to the imperial study every day before midnight to wait for me, I have a brave person like you, why not be afraid of those small nights." Kangxi said happily.
Chen Mo was actually promoted from an ordinary person to a sixth-grade guard with a knife in one day, which seemed impossible and unusual to others, but Kangxi was the emperor anyway, as long as he was not really lacking in the place, even if he was promoted to the third-grade and fourth-grade, now those auxiliary ministers would not interfere.
Kangxi left with a smile, and Duolong patted Chen Mo, who looked a little strange behind him, on the shoulder and said:
"It seems that the emperor values you very much, in addition to your good skills, as well as your identity as a person with a yellow flag, Lord Ben has been fighting in the guard camp for more than 20 years to be the leader of the third-grade guards, but I didn't expect you to be promoted to the sixth-grade guards with knives in one day."
Chen Mo knew that the rules in this palace were extremely nonsense, and he said with a smile:
"This is still the cultivation of Lord Duolong, and when the salary is paid, the little one invites the adults to Bichun Building for a drink or two."
Bi Chunlou, that is a good place to spend wine in the eight alleys, it is not enough to add that the girl does not have fifty or sixty taels of silver, a six-grade guard, a year's salary is only one thousand two hundred taels of silver, even if it is not easy to support a family, it is not easy to take out a salary of nearly a month's salary, it can be regarded as a big consumption.
Chen Mo can be regarded as a poor ghost now, Heaven and Earth will send him into the palace but no one will send silver, and now he has to fool around in the palace completely by his own skills.
Doron was greedy and lustful, and he laughed and said:
"Bi Chunlou, haha...... Brother Hao Yaxing, then it's decided, wait for me to inform the guards on duty, you will be in charge of the emperor in the future, of course, you still have to be responsible for the group of wrestlers here, do you know? ”
Chen Mo laughed for a while, and Duolong went to arrange Chen Mo's work, this palace is not as free to run around as others imagine, if you encounter a patrolling forbidden army, maybe your head will fall off with a click, his work is not only for the group of wrestlers here, nothing to point out the acupuncture points that these people should hold, he is from the imperial study to escort Kangxi to the main hall.
After a while, Duo Cheng came back, and after replacing the nameplate copper seal for Chen Mo, he was still holding a set of copper-buttoned leather armor, a pair of copper-buttoned leather boots, and a copper-buttoned hat, he pointed to this set of strange-looking clothes and said:
"Hurry up and change into this guard costume with a knife, I'll show you the area you need to be responsible for every day, and you need to get acquainted with the leaders of the other guard teams, so that you can flexibly control various states while guarding."
Chen Mo put a set of guard clothes with a knife on his body with great difficulty, and put on the pointed hat, the first thing he thought of was black and white impermanence, he hung the long knife on the knife buckle and walked two steps, Chen Mo, who was originally a little handsome, suddenly showed a faint might.
"Yes, a talent, plus your skills, Brother Chen has a bright future." Doron said with a twinkle in his eyes.
Chen Mo arched his hand and smiled:
"A qiē has to be carried by adults, and the small ones will never forget to be cultivated by adults."
When you enter the officialdom, you have to do it in accordance with the rules of officialdom, and corruption in the Qing Palace has never stopped, whether it is the favored official, he has collected a lot of wealth in his hands, and if there are benefits, he will score out some, so that he can make his career soar, and he only knows that those who eat alone will die miserably.
When Chen Mo came here, he explained that it was to return to his hometown, and everyone knew that the real meaning did not need to be pointed out, Duolong laughed and took Chen Mo to a compound far away from here.
Walking through the labyrinth, when the two entered a small room, a group of fellows who were also dressed as guards with knives were throwing dice and gambling inside, and Doron shouted loudly without paying attention to them:
"Let's stop for a moment, this is the new six-rank guard Chen Mo, who is responsible for the emperor's daily morning court study to the court, and he is responsible for escorting the emperor back to the imperial study after the next court, if the emperor wants to go elsewhere, you will be responsible for taking over."
A group of gamblers stood up and looked at Chen Mo, and one of the fat men arched his hand and said:
"My name is Liao Hengwei, I am in charge of the guards from the palace gate to the main hall, Brother Chen is the first time to come, and it will be easy to talk when everyone is familiar with it."
A man who looked like Sven, but his eyes were bloodshot, got up and pointed to the man next to him who looked close to him and said:
"My name is Ma Quan, this is Zhao Chuansheng, we are responsible for the guards around the study, Brother Chen is the emperor's personal guard, and the brothers will have to be taken care of by you in the future."
"My name is Duan Xin, I am in charge of guarding the harem, where is the forbidden land, my brother has not received the decree, don't go, in addition to the guards, there is a forbidden army." A man with an indifferent face nodded and said.
The words of a few people are very simple, except for the harem in the palace, it doesn't matter if everyone is familiar with the rest of the places, Chen Mo hurriedly arched his hand and said:
"Chen Mo has just arrived, and he has to be taken care of by his brothers."
After a few idle words, several guards began to play with theirs again, and Doron said with a smile:
"The brothers in the palace are like this, they are generally bored and will play, and you can also learn from them when you have time, maybe there will be some gains, by the way, the guards also have a deputy commander Ruidong, who was ordered to go out during this time, and will come back when the time comes."
Duolong took Chen Mo and left from the guard's resting place, and after a while, he saw a very solemn house, this is the imperial study, that is, the upper study area that the Wen brothers are responsible for, so that the surrounding guards got to know Chen Mo, and the two walked to the main hall along a road guarded by guards, Duolong pointed to the side door next to the dragon chair, where is the place where the emperor went in to rest and leave when he went to court, and Chen Mo needed to stand in front of the left side of the dragon chair to protect the emperor's safety when he went to court.
After explaining clearly, Chen Mo knew that there were many rules in this palace, fortunately, his IQ was not an idiot, and after working for a while, he finally remembered the various routes and what he should do, and just returned to the place where the wrestlers were trained, a eunuch with twelve little eunuchs was waiting for Duolong in front of the door.