Chapter 14: The First Day of Work
In ancient times, there was a saying that the east palm was born, and the west palm died, and the right side of the palace was the location of the official offices such as the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry, and the official offices of the Criminal Department, the Inspectorate, and the City Guard Army were located in the west.
Although the black-clothed guard belongs to the army of the Son of Heaven, it does not belong to the system, and its official office is located at the end of Guliu Street in Dongcheng District.
Early in the morning, Jing Xiu, who was wearing gray-black armor and hanging a sword from his waist, took Ba Sanhu and Yan Xiaoliu and went to the black-clothed guard office to report for duty.
He was already handsome, coupled with a suit of armor, majestic, adding a bit of heroism, all the way forward, so that some women who got up early and were busy with their livelihoods and opened the door to set up stalls paid attention to them, and the bold ones even threw their eyes directly.
This also proves that both ancient and modern, both men and women, are the world of faces.
Armor and swords are all official rations, to be precise, the emperor's own pocket, although the black-clothed guard is the Son of Heaven's own army, but it can only be regarded as the eagle dog of the Son of Heaven, specializing in doing some dirty work for the emperor, Yu Linwei is the official establishment of the Eight Classics.
Jing Xiu's bright armor looks majestic, but it is made of leather, and the protection is not high, unless it is a middle and senior officer above the rank of lieutenant, he is qualified to be equipped with armor such as Mingguang armor.
In these years of war, middle and low-level officers are all equipped with their own weapons and equipment, good weapons and equipment can give you a better chance of survival on the battlefield, if Jing Xiu wants to wear iron armor, he has to pay for it out of his own pocket, and the price is expensive.
The main reasons are the backward science and technology, the lack of iron ore and other resources, the backward mining tools, the difficulty, the transportation cost, smelting, building and many other factors, resulting in the high price.
Sophisticated iron armor, a sharp and good weapon, that's a matter for the future, now, go to the official office to report first.
The black-clothed guard is the eagle dog of the Son of Heaven, and the commanding envoys are all served by the eunuchs in the palace, and the commander of this session is Shao Rong Shao's father-in-law, and the guards are all honored as Shaozhong Palace.
His deputy is Han Jinrong, the general of Yingyanglang, who was a general of the loyal and brave Hou Leitong, who fought bravely and made many achievements.
Although Shao Zhonggong is the number one leader, responsible for the overall work, he basically doesn't care about things, to put it bluntly, he is the supervising army appointed by the Son of Heaven, and Han Jinrong is basically responsible for carrying out specific tasks such as reconnaissance and arrest, and he is a real powerful person.
After that, Shen Qing, Tang Qing, Guan Yunshan, and Wu Zhao were the four captains, each leading a large group of secret guards, and then there were captains like Jing Xiu, each captain led a team of five to ten people.
There is an arrest operation today, except for those who ask for leave or go out on a mission, basically everyone who should come has come, and the official office of Ruoda is crowded.
"Captain Jing, come on, come on, our family will introduce you to ......"
As soon as Jing Xiu came to report, Shao Rong and Shao Zhonggong took him by the hand with a smile and enthusiastically introduced him.
Two days ago, he got hints from Fudagui's father-in-law and Empress Li, asking him to take care of Jing Xiu.
One is the top boss, and the other is the queen mother of the world, they are all big guys he can't afford to offend, how dare he be a little lazy.
"I've seen you."
Jing Xiu didn't expect Shao Zhonggong to have such an attitude and enthusiasm, and the tension in his heart disappeared, and he respectfully and politely gave a few bosses and other colleagues a fist salute.
"Captain Jing, welcome to the Black Guard."
Everyone also politely hugged their fists in return, they all knew all kinds of rumors about Xuetang, and they also knew Jing Xiu's identity and family history, but Shao Zhonggong's attitude made them inevitably feel a little curious in their hearts.
After some politeness, everyone had a preliminary understanding, and everyone also accepted Jing Xiu, a newcomer, and then sat down according to the size of the official position, waiting for Shao Zhonggong to issue an order.
"The specific actions will be arranged by Lord Han." As the number one leader, Shao Zhonggong continued to be his hands-off shopkeeper as usual, and left the matter to his deputy Han Jinrong to be responsible.
Han Jinrong was not hypocritical, he directly took out the map and announced the action plan, except for leaving a team of people to garrison the base camp, the other three teams were all dispatched, and even Jing Xiu, who had just come to report to work on the first day, was sent a task.
Of course, Han Jinrong is a person who is loyal to the old marquis Lei, and he has already been instructed by the old marquis Lei to secretly take care of Jing Xiu, the god of wealth, so even if he assigns a task to Jing Xiu, a new finger, it is the easiest and safest task.
Jing Xiu's mission is to guard a laneway, which is deep, but it is a dead end, as long as the brain does not get into the water, no one will escape into it, so his task is the easiest and safest.
Jing Xiu's group consisted of five secret guards, plus two of his entourages, Ba Sanhu and Yan Xiaoliu.
Whether it is a civilian official or a military general, who is rich and powerful, who does not have a few guards by his side? The retinue brought by the civil official is called the guard or something, and the military attache is called the general's department, all of which are private forces, the difference is that the name is different, and they have to pay out of their own pockets to support people.
Therefore, Jing Xiu took Ba Sanhu and Yan Xiaoliu with her, as normal as a person who has to eat and sleep every day, no one has any objections, as long as you have money, you can bring as many guards as you want.
On the way to the mission destination, Jing Xiu listened to the story of his team leader Pang Hua, and only then did he know about today's specific mission and some related rumors.
It has been more than a month since the prince Shang Tuming rebelled and was defeated and killed, and all those who were implicated in the prince were ruthlessly eradicated by the emperor, but there were also many fish that slipped through the net.
The main task of the black-clothed guards now is to find out these fish that have slipped through the net and get rid of them one by one at any cost.
Last night, the black-clothed guard received a secret report that an important person with the remnants of the prince was hiding in the house at No. 37, Yongxing Lane, Xicheng District.
Regardless of whether the news is true or not, Shao Zhonggong is eager to make meritorious contributions, and he doesn't care about reconnaissance and confirmation, so he directly asks his deputy Han Jinrong to carry out the arrest order.
If it is fake, it is quite a lot of a trip in vain, and the informant who fooled him will die a miserable death, if it is true, he will make a great contribution, and the informant will also get a large reward, and everyone will be happy.
After arriving at the destination, Jing Xiu and the others were guarding there, in fact, they were wandering around there, it was very remote, there was nothing, and there was no ghost in sight, so they could only stand and chat and blow water to kill time.
After standing for more than half an hour, Jing Xiu couldn't stand it, the sun was big, just standing in the sun and being exposed, not to mention sweating all over her body, soaking her clothes, her throat was dry and smoking, and she couldn't hang up from heat stroke, so it was called injustice.
"Pang Hua."
"The little one is here, what do you want the adults to command?" Pang Hua bowed in response.
"Take a brother and buy some umbrellas, as well as clear water...... It's best to get a low stool...... The rest of the points are given to the brothers. Jing Xiu wiped the sweat oozing from her forehead, took out two ingots and ten taels of silver ingots from her arms and handed them to Pang Hua.
It doesn't cost a few copper coins to buy this thing, he is giving benefits to his subordinates in disguise, and they all say that the new official has three fires when he takes office, and his first fire is silver, in order to win people's hearts.
"Yes." Pang Hua carried twenty taels of silver, called a secret guard, and ran out to buy Dongdong.
Although he leads the Son of Heaven's salary, and his treatment is slightly better than that of ordinary low-ranking officers, it is only enough to support his family, and if he wants to live comfortably, he has to get some gray income.
Captain Jing gave them benefits in disguise, a good person.
"This Pang Hua, why did it take so long to buy something?"
I don't know how long it has been, I haven't seen Pang Hua come back, Jing Xiu was so angry that she drew a circle and asked Hou Pang Hua's ancestors for eight generations.
"Ah......h
A terrible scream suddenly rang out.