After discussing with Zhao Ji for an hour, Shen Ao went back to the house to wait for the will, these days were finally free, his spirit was also relaxed, the weather in Bianjing gradually got cold, early in the morning, the eaves along the road were frosty, and there was a soaring mist between breaths, and in the blink of an eye, in October, Shen Ao took advantage of his free time to go to Zhou's mansion, and went to see Tang Yan, and visited all the way, finally gave birth to a lot, and returned home to either read and read, or go out with a few ladies.

Reading is Shen Aoping's habit, in the past, he just used to use reading as a stepping stone, but after knocking on the door for too long, it was uncomfortable not to knock for a day, and now although he no longer needs to read and compose, but the habit is difficult to change, and there is really no way to take himself.

Occasionally, Naye Luding will come to visit, and he wants to invite Shen Ao to dinner, and he wants to take him to entertainment venues, Shen Ao is a scholar, of course, he refuses strictly, the three women in the family are almost unable to cope with it, how can he still go out every day to engage in [***], it is really unreasonable.

Shen Aoyi said to Yelu with righteous words: "Heaven and earth have righteousness, mixed with manifolds, Shen is a scholar, how can he go to that kind of messy place, Brother Yelu doesn't need to say more, Shen would rather go to the palace to be a eunuch than enter that kind of filthy place, but Brother Yelu's kindness, how can Shen refuse, if Brother Yelu has a heart, just discount it, just give a few money, the right should be Brother Yelu's intention." ”

So, that night, a Liao man mysteriously entered the Shen Mansion and quietly brought hundreds of money citations.

Hey, [***] actually asked for 10,000 yuan, it seems that prices have really skyrocketed these years, Shen Ao shook his head secretly, full of worries about the country and the people, and took advantage of the night to drill into the wing room.

Shen Ao is not good at it, but he is good at drinking, I heard that Shen Ao returned to Bianjing, some classmates are not allowed to invite him to drink, and he is still in the immortal restaurant, but this time it is Shen Ao, the rich landlord, who is invited to treat, the money is used to spend, he is not polite at all, although An Yan does not accept his money, in the end he still did not resist Shen Ao, in fact, An Yan also wants to be polite to Shen Ao, polite, but polite, but polite, every other three or five is more than a dozen or twenty people come, called the best wine and food, if it is like this, eat and drink for free, Within a few months, the restaurant had to go out of business.

On the ninth day of the first month of October, Shen Ao had just woken up, and he listened to the porter report breathlessly: "The holy decree is coming, there is a holy decree ......" The Shen family is no better than others, and when he encounters Shen Ao, a guy who does not receive a holy decree every other day, he will not be excited as soon as he hears the holy decree, and the excitement has long passed, and now it is a small porter, and when he returns, it is also calm, hum, holy decree? I've seen it six or seven times, what's so rare.

Shen Ao got up from the bed, Zhen Zhen immediately put on her clothes and went to find Shen Ao a public uniform, a jade belt, and a winged hat.

The incense case is all ready-made, and the one who came to announce the decree was an introspective eunuch, this person Shen Ao knew, and he was the little follower behind Yang Jian, and greeted him with his eyes, and the eunuch said with a straight face: "Holy decree!" ”

The people who came with him knelt down one after another, and the eunuch said in a loud voice: "The system said: Shen Ao, a bachelor of the Imperial Academy of Calligraphy and Painting and the county lieutenant of Renhe County, is the master of the protocol of Honglu Temple, that is, he is ordered to leave for Liaodu and Xuanhua to care for the neighbors......"

The main book of the Honglu Temple Concierge House...... Although it is only a substitute position, but the speed of this ascension, I am afraid that it is not lower than Gao Yu at all, from a small eight-grade ministry official to the chief official of the protocol house under the Honglu Temple, this is a dignified five-grade official position.

As for this Honglu Temple, many responsibilities are the same as the Ministry of Rites, both of which belong to the same level of institutions, and the Honglu Temple has two institutions, the Protocol House and the Huaiyuan Station, although these two institutions are at the same level, but the important surnames are very different.

For example, the House of Protocol, which was in charge of tributary envoys to Uighur, Tibetan, Dangxiang, Khitan and other countries, as well as interpreters in the mutual market. And Huaiyuanyi is in charge of the Southern Tibetan Jiaozhou, the Western Tibetan Guizi, Dashi, Khotan, Gan, Sha, Zongge and other national tributes. On the surface, the two institutions were in charge of one side and did not belong to each other, but the Song court at that time had the greatest deal with the Xixia Dangxiang people, the Khitan people of the Liao State, and the Tubo people.

Therefore, for Honglu Temple, the greatest power, the heaviest responsibility, the most benefits, the fastest death is the protocol in the business trip, the advantage is that as long as you can really do something, the channel for the rise of political performance is often much faster than others, as long as you can fool the barbarians in the north, it is the credit of the world. It is understandable to die the fastest, if you can't fool the party and the Khitan, if people find an excuse to make trouble and make the court suffer, of course you will carry this black cauldron, wash your ass and prepare for the end.

On the other hand, that Huaiyuanyi, because they are dealing with small countries such as Jiaozhou and some distant countries, so everyone will not notice you, don't think about promotion if you are fooled, and if you are not fooled, you will not be able to apply for the decree, anyway, there is dispensability in the court, no one is interested in you, basically entering here, it is almost equivalent to entering a nursing home, receiving a salary and waiting for death.

Shen Ao accepted the order, and was very emotional in his heart, and wanted to invite the eunuch to sit in and drink a few sips of tea, but the eunuch also went to the road, and hurriedly responded, and said a few words of congratulations, and when the two sat down in the main hall, the eunuch said: "Master Shen is about to send an envoy, and Gonggong Yang has already explained it, and let the miscellaneous family give instructions on his behalf." ”

Shen Ao said: "Father-in-law, please speak." ”

The eunuch smiled and said: "Gonggong Yang said that this protocol is watched by thousands of pairs of eyes, not to mention that it is on the cusp of the storm right now, so Master Shen is here, and he must fight for some face for our Great Song Dynasty, and if he can win back face, Master Shen will return to Bianjing and immediately soar, and there will be grace at that time." But if something goes wrong, then the impeachment is only afraid that it will flood Wenjing Pavilion, and when the time comes, don't say that it is Yang Gonggong, even Your Majesty will not be able to protect you, do you understand? ”

Shen Ao nodded, the current situation is indeed extraordinary, this envoy is related to the national fortune of the Great Song Dynasty, there are many people who originally opposed Lianliao, and now if it is not for Zhao Ji's support, this national policy will never be implemented so smoothly. But on the other hand, although the opposition forces in the court have died down, it does not mean that they will admit defeat, they are waiting, if Shen Ao loses power and humiliates the country, and then attacks it again, when the time comes, not only will there be criticism in the court, but also in the Shilin, it will also set off turbulent waves, and the emperor will not be able to brave the disapproval of the world to protect himself.

This is the real reason why there is no criticism in the DPRK and China, and all the controversies suddenly disappeared, Shen Ao listened to Yang Jian's reminder, and suddenly woke up, thinking in his heart, no wonder this capital has been calm recently, and even a few backbones of Nafa Liao suddenly fell silent, it turned out that he wanted to see buddy jokes, and then fall into the well.

Shen Ao pouted disapprehantly, on the other hand, if this mission was a complete success, it could bring tangible benefits to the Great Song Dynasty, and the four words Feihuang Tengda were definitely not exaggerated at all, the emperor was bent on promoting himself, and no one in the court had reason to oppose it, and Shilin's praise was endless, and it was only a matter of time before he would enter the phase.

Where there are big disadvantages, there are big benefits, this risk is worth taking, Shen Ao invited the eunuch to drink tea, and then said: "Go back and tell your father-in-law, just say that I know what he said." ”

The eunuch nodded his head and then took his leave; Shen Ao sent him to the door, and suddenly remembered the last time he encountered an assassin, this time he was on an envoy, but he was afraid that some people would be incomprehensible, and if someone assassinated him again, it would be really difficult to do.

Thinking about it, Shen Ao hurriedly pulled the eunuch and asked, "Since it is an envoy, will the official family send some bodyguards or something to accompany him, and there will be a response along the way." ”

The eunuch grinned and said, "Don't you know that the envoy can be accompanied by thirty forbidden soldiers to protect him all the way." This is a good errand, as long as there are no mistakes on the road, it is a great achievement, if Shen Ao makes a great contribution this time, they can also get some light, so at present, the prefects of the front division of the palace, the infantry military division, and the horse military division are all moving around, and they all want to serve Master Shen. ”

Shen Ao had an idea and said, "Who chooses to pick people?" ”

The eunuch thought for a while and said, "It stands to reason that it should be discussed between the Honglu Temple Siqing and the Sanya, but this kind of thing, hehe......" He glanced at Shen Ao deeply, with an expression that you know.

Shen Ao understood, on the surface, it was the decision of Honglu Temple and Sanya, but as long as the big people interfered, who would dare not sell face, speaking of which, the nobles in this Bianjing City were all rushing to stuff people inside.

Shen Ao smiled and said to the eunuch: "One more troublesome thing for my father-in-law, after you return to the palace, pass a message to my father-in-law, and ask if the candidates for the forbidden army can add Zhou Heng and Deng Long to enter, these are my friends and brothers, and there is a care along the way, right?" ”

The eunuch nodded: "There is Gonggong Yang out of the horse, don't say that it is just two candidates, even ten or eight is not a problem, Master Shen will stay in the book, don't send it again." ”

Shen Ao stood on the long street for a while, thinking to himself, no, I have to go to Deng Long and Zhou Heng to talk about it first, let them prepare for this matter in advance, and then see if they have any candidates to recommend. Nima's, it turns out that the so-called accompanying forbidden army is all through the back door, and they are all a bunch of waste, big brother, I'm going to be an envoy, should I protect them when I encounter danger, or let them protect me?

Deng Long and Zhou Heng know the root cause in front of the palace, so they know which one has some ability, and they always have to bring a few powerful characters.