Chang'an Jing, the founding capital of the Ming Emperor's court, the central country of the world, is located in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty. The city is like heaven and earth, with a radius of nearly 100 miles, and more than one million registered households.

The Ming Dynasty succeeded the orthodoxy of the Zhao and Song dynasties in the previous dynasty, rejected Qiangyan in the north, and chased the Great Zhou in the west, and the country was unprecedented, and the country has been established for more than 250 years, passing on the 13th and 16th emperors. Country surname, Yan. When this year's number, Yongzhang.

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is as prosperous as flowers and brocade, and the fire is as prosperous as cooking oil, and the country and the people in the world are peaceful and peaceful, and there is a trend of all countries worshipping the crown.

Chen Shiyi rushed to Chang'anjing before Xiaoman came. It took eleven months and seven days.

Holding back the desire to go into the city to take a look at the prosperous weather, the young man still decided to go to Chonglisi first, and there was time after shopping.

According to Lord Qi, Chongliji was the only yamen in the imperial court's ministries, temples, courtyards, pavilions, and prisons that was not in Kyoto City.

In the northeast direction outside the capital of Chang'an, outside the palace forbidden garden, there is a quiet mountain forest, called Genyue, also called Sanshanyue, because the northeast belongs to the acquired Gen hexagram, and is named after the three mountains of the descendant mountain, the wealth mountain, and the backing mountain. Looking from afar, I saw that in the green cover, the faint eaves were undulating, layer upon layer, and there seemed to be a lot of cottages located in the middle.

Chen Shiyi wore a mask and hat, and climbed the mountain with Qi and Yue, the green is slightly horizontal, the grass and trees are deep, and there are no pedestrians on the road.

On the way, pass through the archway of Sidao Mountain Gate, the archway is engraved with words, in order they are: landscape, sheji, loyalty and filial piety etiquette, longitude and latitude six people, are the books of the first emperors of the past dynasties.

The last archway is also hung on both sides of the couplet, the upper link: the whole world is not the king's land, the landscape is no exception; Downlink: The shore of the land is not the king's minister, and the head of the Qiantou also knows loyalty and filial piety. Chen Shiyi had learned from Mr. Ji and knew that the first half of the couplet was a sentence in the Book of Songs; But how does the half of the back of this upper and lower link sound like the first emperor is scolding?

Chen Shiyi muttered in his heart and walked to a platform on the mountainside. There is a pavilion on the platform, there is a stele in the pavilion, there is a word on the stele: "Liberation platform", and the inscription is the inscription of the Jixia School Palace. What kind of place is the Jixia School Palace, the boy doesn't know, look at the literal meaning, it should be the place where the country is in the same category. A weapon rack is placed in front of the stele, it looks like it has not been used for a long time, the vermilion paint is mottled, there is no one to guard here, no one to clean it, and it is full of dust.

The young man was hesitating to take off his green waist, and Lord Qi patted him on the shoulder: "You don't need to, this is for the people in the mountain gate." I hope that one day, the mountain gate can pick up the steps to relieve the troops, and this place can really come in handy. ”

The stone steps are covered with green moss, winding up, the wild fragrance on both sides, and the good wood is shady.

Yue Ning'an said to the young man: "The Yamen of the Chongli Division is not only the only yamen built outside the Jingshi, but also the only yamen built high on the mountain. From the mountain, you can overlook the Forbidden Garden and the Daming Palace. If it is other people, no matter what his identity is, it is called overstepping, only us, looking at the world, it is all scorpion, one and only. ”

Arrived in front of the village. I saw that the village courtyard sits in the north and faces south, Danying carved the tree, the pink wall is tiled, the two statues of the fox at the door stand majestically, eight guards dressed in green brocade robes stand in front of the ya, the door hangs a black background gold plaque, the book nine big characters "the Yamen of the Chongli Division of the Ming Dynasty", and then look at the paragraph: "Longwu Imperial Pen", it is actually the book of the ancestor of this dynasty. It shows a royal atmosphere.

The captain on duty in front of the yaqian had already seen the three of them from a distance, and they had greeted Lord Qi and Yue Ning'an separately, but they still inspected the seal of Guan Fang.

It is said that the only way to enter and exit on weekdays is from the east side of the door, which is the door of life; On the west side is the Gate of Death, also called the Ghost Gate, which will only go when it is out of the red business, and the World Government Office is no exception. Behind the instrument door is the courtyard in front of the yamen lobby, but on the side of the door on the east and west sides of the courtyard, what is hung is not the common official household ceremony, the six-room sign of the soldier and the criminal worker, but has become the six words of heaven, earth, spring, summer, autumn and winter.

The doors of the four seasons are open, but the second room of heaven and earth is indeed locked.

"This is the four veins of spring, summer, autumn and winter of my Chongli Division, and the chief officer of the four veins is also called the palm print of the four officials. The spring vein is responsible for dealing with the mountain gate externally, the summer vein is in charge of the conquest and supervision of various places, the autumn vein is in charge of the internal examination and punishment matters, the rain is the official of the palm seal, and the winter vein is mainly in charge of money, food and materials, as well as arguing with the cabinet. ”

"Yue Ning'an, is my winter vein missing a bag of Lu rice from you, or is it deducting a tael of silver from you, are you burying us behind your back?" With the sound of speaking, from the winter vein room, Shi Shiran walked out of a person who looked like a scribe in a green shirt.

"Yo, Lord Xiaoxue, why do you have time to go to the front yard to take a look around today." As soon as Yue Ning'an saw the comer, his figure immediately became half shorter.

"Lady Xiaoxue." Lord Qi bowed.

"Hmm." The person who came nodded at Lord Qi, and continued to argue with Yue Ning'an: "If this official hadn't happened to come to this front yard today, he wouldn't have heard your kid's heartfelt words." ”

"If your subordinates make a mistake, please punish your lord."

"Forget it, it's not true, but it's also true. This official is going to enter the city now and go to the cabinet with Lord Dongguan...... Turn around, you can ask the official to go to Huanhualou. As he spoke, he ignored Yue Ning'an's bitter melon-like face, turned his head to look at Chen Shiyi, who was wearing a mask, and was immediately attracted by the monkey in the bamboo basket behind the young man: "What a beautiful monkey...... Is it yours? The young man is very special, are you interested in joining my Dongguan line? There is plenty of money and food, and the oil and water are fertile, how about it, it's good. After speaking, he squeezed his eyes at the young man.

Chen Shiyi was dumbfounded, who is this, his identity looks bigger than Lord Qi, how can he be so virtuous.

"Cough, Lord Xiaoxue, this young man is the person designated by Father-in-law Yu...... "Lord Qi can't stop talking, or whether this Chongli Division's face can be saved.

"Hey, don't say it sooner, let's go. Yue Ning'an, don't forget Huanhualou. ”

Seeing that Lord Xiaoxue walked out of the East Gate, Lord Qi said to Chen Shiyi: "Just now this is one of the Dongguan lineages, one of the twenty-four solar term officials, Lord Xiaoxue. Dongmai is indeed as Yue Ning'an said, responsible for money, food and materials while colluding with all departments of the imperial court, but it is also in charge of the construction and scheduling of the company's equipment. To have a good relationship with the Winter Vein, there are only benefits and no harms. I'll take you to Dianmao first and arrange accommodation. ”

In the back garden of the Yamen of the Chongli Division, the corridor waist is back, the eaves are pecked high, and several quiet courtyards are looming. Surrounded by streams outside the house, three or two bamboos are dotted in the courtyard, and the dust is indescribable.

In one of the retreats, Yu Gongcheng accompanied him and talked to a woman in a red-robed official uniform who could not tell her age.

The woman took a sip of tea and said indifferently: "What do you think of the latest two lists of Hualou?" ”

"According to the lower officials, the yellow list of "Heavenly Monument" has not changed much, and the green list ...... The mountain gates held back their strength to deal with the battle for the right to defend Jianmu a few years later, and looked at the news of their younger generation very closely, except for the world walking and changing some people, there was nothing else in the green list. It is said that the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Yan have produced a batch of good seedlings, and the recklessness of Southern Chu is even more likely to enter the Tao with martial arts and be promoted to the four realms. ”

"There's no time to wait. Next year, it will be another big challenge from the mountain gate, and this time Wuzong actually passed on the letterhead, which is a rare opportunity. Chunxian, you have to inform you, Wufu, who is approaching the weak crown, this is the last chance. Also, all the staff stepped up their cultivation, especially the Purple Mansion, if they could break through the Middle Four Realms, the imperial court would not hesitate to reward them. When he turned around, the official went to ask for a will, which was made clear to the world, and once again picked up the sea. ”

Father-in-law Yu bowed: "Yes, this matter will be handled by the official today." Each sect is challenged once every ten years, although two or three families take turns to recruit people, but for my Ming Dynasty 40,000 Li Shu, it is more than a drop in the bucket. However, the Jixia School Palace selects people from among the students, and there is more than enough to keep it, but the killing power is insufficient. ”

"Humph! Those mountain gates, don't want to be above the weak crown, don't want to be famous, as long as the martial arts, why is this? The people sent by the imperial court, for hundreds of years, have been able to enter the inner door, and there is no one in the ancestral hall, why is this? It's just that I've been used to living a good life of listening to tunes and not listening to announcements for 800 years, and I want to be that extralegal place beyond the world, and I am very wary of the imperial court. ”

"I don't want to produce, and I can't let go of the prosperity of the world, I want the court to support me, and I want to prevent the court from being powerful. All the old immortals shrank in the Mirror Realm Cave Heaven, if it weren't for the fact that they couldn't forcibly enter the Mirror Realm below the Upper Four Realms, the mountain gate forces would have been under the king's law a long time ago, how could they be so free! If Lord Si Zheng's sect could be born to help, it would be very different. ”

"I can't count on the mountain gate of this official. The patriarch's legacy, the disciples of the past generations shall not exceed 12 people, passed on for more than 3,000 years, and now the number of disciples is only 300, that is, they are not worshiped by the world, and they cannot interfere with the world. Moreover, those who have not entered the four realms at the age of confusion have to leave the mountain gate, and they cannot return to the mountain unless they are recalled. Speaking of which, the official has been away from the mountain for ten years, and the master can't go back to see his old man for the last time. ”

"My lord, the lower officials think that the first queen and the crown prince must not think like this."

"That's natural, as long as the official is still there, no one will be able to snatch Xiao Lie's future throne! That's the only thing I can do for my little sister. King Jin's side, what's the recent movement? ”

"No...... The day before yesterday, there was a decree in the palace that the king of Jin was appointed to stay in Shanjian City, and the palace has been packing for the past few days, and he will leave Beijing before the end of the month. ”

"The history of the Eastern Capital Thorn? Concubine Hui still doesn't give up. ”

"The prince is weak, the grandson is young, the harem is vacant for more than ten years, Concubine Hui is in charge of the three palaces and six courtyards, the Jin King Lixian is corporal, known as the name of the virtuous king, it is not strange to have ideas."

"Even so, there are blue finch! Where is her turn to be an heir? However, Qi Xuan's matter, you are in a hurry. ”

Father-in-law Yu sighed: "The lower officials don't know. It's just that the young man was born in the countryside, and his heart is unpredictable, and His Royal Highness the King of Wei has a lot of eyes on him, and the lower officials have to guard against it, and the Wei Wangfu has become a sieve, and this is better than one less thing, so ......"

While he was talking, there was a knock on the door, and a little eunuch walked in from the side door, saluted the woman, and reported to Gonggong Yu: "Qi Wuya, who is in charge of the execution, and Yue Ning'an, the foreman of the school, have come back with a young man named Chen Shiyi. ”

Father-in-law Yu's head: "Got it." Anything else? ”

"Lord Qi is in charge, and he transferred the house to the young man, and he has been promoted from the Xinzi Academy to the first class of the Zhizi Academy."

Gonggong Yu's eyes froze, and the Chongli Division has five courtyards in Genyue for the bureaucrats who are in Beijing or on duty to live, called the Five Standing Courtyards, that is, benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, and each courtyard is divided into three grades, corresponding to the official ranks and positions of the Division, and the cultivation is the realm.

The people living in the Zhizi Academy are all at the level of the foreman captain, or the subordinates who have cultivated to the realm of snatching desire, Qi Wuya is not a rash person, could it be that this kid Chen Shiyi has entered the realm of snatching desire?

The woman laughed when she heard this, and said to Father-in-law Yu: "It seems that this young man named Chen Shiyi is really a good piece of material." How is it? I regret it a little now. Who let you not be a good person to the end, keep one hand in everything, and want to test the other party's heart. Aren't you afraid that people will have a grudge against you and come back with you one day? ”

“…… It doesn't matter, the subordinate officials are worthy of their hearts. ”

"It's up to you."

With that, the female officer stood up and walked out.

"Send Sizheng-sama."

At this moment, a little eunuch hurriedly ran in from outside.

"What's the hurry?"

"Returning to Lord Sizheng, Father-in-law Yu, the new young man surnamed Chen, because of the battle between the lacquer carving master of the house and Xia Guan's lineage."

The female priest asked, "Lacquer carving first?" Is it the lacquer carving who is said to have a quirk, eats different dishes and sleeps differently than people? ”

"Yes."

"What's going on?"

"The house that Lord Qi Wuya chose for the young man was temporarily decided by Lord Qidiao to change it today, and it was only cleaned up, and only half of the things were moved. The steward hadn't had time to inform the duty room to remake the record. Originally, it was nothing, but when the lacquer carving master passed, he happened to see the young man drinking tea with the pot on the table. It is said to be the favorite object of the lacquer carving. Lord Qidiao turned his face on the spot, and it was useless to persuade anyone. So a fight began. ”

"And then? The boy was hurt? Or is it crippled?! Father-in-law Yu asked in a slightly anxious manner.

"That's not ......"

Father-in-law Yu breathed a sigh of relief, raised his eyebrows and said: "That's good, the lacquer carving is still reasonable first, otherwise there will be another dispute between the Xia Guan and the Qiu Guan." Seeing the little eunuch's expression, he asked strangely, "Is there still a variable?" ”

"The boy is fine, it's the lacquer carving master who lost!"

"Lacquer carving lost first? He's a great consummation of the realm of desire! How can it be?! How did you lose? ”

"I don't know."

"I don't know what it means?!"

"That's it, Lord Lacquer Carving seems to have not finished a move, and the young man put a knife against his neck!"

For a moment, the silence in the retreat could be heard even when a needle fell on the ground.

After a few breaths, the female priest suddenly laughed: "Ahahaha, interesting! You, go and pass on the words of the official, and the newcomer captain in Beijing will be inspected immediately! ”

"Yes." The first little eunuch bowed, turned and went out.

"This official is very optimistic about this Chen Shiyi and wants to transfer him to the Chunguan line. Father-in-law Yu, I hope you will always cut your love. ”

Master Si Zheng's voice suddenly sounded.

"Go to the spring vein?!" Gonggong Yu raised his head suddenly, ignoring the ridicule in the woman's words, his eyes flashed, and he obviously understood the meaning of the female secretary's words: "No matter which vein it belongs to, it is to serve the imperial court, and the subordinates have no objections." ”

"Good! Readily! I like Lao Yu, you are so refreshing! Let's go! ”

Seeing Lord Si Zheng leave, the second little eunuch who came in leaned into the ear of Father-in-law Yu and said cautiously: "Father-in-law, our Qiuguan family has finally gained a good seedling, and this Lord Si Zheng said to take it away, which is too domineering." If it weren't for Lord Si Zheng's too sharp edge back then, our Chongli Division would not have been cut off from the two veins of heaven and earth, and it would have been cheaper for the celebrant to be on the side of the celebrant in vain. If you want me to say, this Chongli Division has always been thanks to your painstaking and lonely dispatch in the middle to have the current situation. This is the right position, you should be seated. ”

Father-in-law Yu patted the little eunuch on the shoulder: "Alas, there are some words that should be kept in your heart and not spoken." Xiao Guizi, go, go to the front and help the miscellaneous family watch the point. When the inspection was over, he called Qi Wuya to the miscellaneous family. ”

"Hey, slave and maid are going."

Father-in-law Yu sat alone in the room, silent for a long time, before he spoke: "Come on!" ”

"The subordinates are here!" From the door, two green-robed captains on duty came in.

"Gui Yuan, the eunuch in charge of the inner garden of the Chongli Division, has ill intentions, divides the officials, and discusses the government in vain, so he will be captured and killed immediately!"