"Humble to meet your lordship."

A gray-haired old man came out of the room, carrying a rickety cane, half-draped in official clothes, with drooping eyelids, and only a pair of eyes protruding, staggering forward two steps and saluting.

"Are you ......" Ye Yongjia put down the big seal, looked directly at his face, and froze in place.

"I've been a squire in the headquarters for thirty years. The old man still remembers you, you may not know me anymore," the old man stared at him blankly, as if talking to himself, "I was ordered to raid the Ye Mansion back then...... Cui Longhuai. ”

When Ye Yongjia heard this name, his fingers trembled. How could he forget that it was this accident that forced him to embark on a bumpy road, which made his temperament change drastically. The hatred of the past, but now after all kinds of hardships, has become a kind of nostalgic melancholy, and there is no longer that revenge and hatred. So he looked at the other party's face, and only indifference remained: "Oh. How old are you? ”

Cui Longhuai bowed respectfully: "The old man is sixty-nine years old this year, and he has invited him several times, but the officials have not allowed it." ”

"Then I'm ready," Ye Yongjia waved his hand, "Anyway, you won't be at ease under my hands." Go back and write another note, and I'll help you deliver it to the emperor today. ”

"Okay, good ......" Cui Longhuai nodded, but he didn't leave, and suddenly let out a few desolate wry smiles, "People often say that rise and fall are uncertain, and the world is impermanent, and I believe it today." The young man who lost his soul back then became a cousin of two departments, but the high-spirited old man never looked forward to promotion again in his life, and became your subordinate...... I thought the future was a smooth road, but I ended up with nothing to do......"

Inadvertently, these few words actually tugged at Ye Yongjia's heartstrings, his eyes were dull for a moment, then he coughed and turned his head to get a pen and paper; Cai Xianqing disagreed, and said with a light smile: "Lord Cui, a servant of the Criminal Department, how many people still can't ask for it, let alone everything can't be done." ”

Cui Longhuai suddenly stopped, and only turned his back towards him: "Lord Cai doesn't necessarily know everything. After that, he walked away.

Ye and Cai did not ask about his whereabouts, and continued to send officials at all levels to come to the hall to pay respects.

Everyone had arrived, and they all stood at the foot of the steps, greeting and waiting for the roll call of the new official. Ye Yongjia was not in a hurry, slowly opened the name book, and saw the line of text written in the middle at first glance: 'Huizhou Minghuiguang in the Criminal Department Langzhong'.

"Which one is Minghui Light? Come out and answer. He pronounced the name and looked up.

I saw an eight-foot-long man with a beard walking out of the crowd, very eye-catching. When I looked at him closely, he had a pair of stubby eyebrows, gathered in one place, as if he looked depressed all the time; His face was as yellow as wax, his lips were an ugly purple, and his eyelids drooped, making his blood-red eyes look very haggard.

"My lord, I am Minghui Guang, and I am the spring of the word." He took off his gauze hat and held it in his hand, and his fist-curled hair was half white, and he couldn't even tell that it was tied up.

"You...... How old is it? Ye Yongjia was quite surprised by his appearance and hurriedly asked.

"Back to Lord Ye, the villain is Chinese New Year's Eve four years old today."

"Thirty-four...... Ye Yongjia looked at him a few more times, and nodded in disbelief, "Then when did you come here to be an official?" What's going on at home? ”

Minghuiguang replied: "The villain was born in the Ming clan of Huizhou, and is a famous scholarly family of this dynasty, and has been as famous as Yan Wen's Yan clan, and his ancestor is the hero of the founding of the country, and the first emperors of several dynasties have all been treated with grace. In recent years, the family has been declining and the prestige is about to fall, so after the villain was admitted to the Jinshi eight years ago, he only became a criminal department, and he was extremely ashamed. ”

"Since you are a famous family, why did you become like this at such a young age?" Cai Xianqing interjected on the side.

"The villain only feels that the future is bleak, there is no hope of reviving the ancestral industry, living like a year, he is anxious, and he suffers from stomach problems, so he is not old and decrepit." Minghui said with a frown.

Ye Yongjia smiled slightly: "You still have a long career, why bother at this moment?" If you are promoted a few more times in the future, won't you be able to return home? At that time, all the clansmen in the township will come to thank you, which is enough to shine in history. ”

"I'm not going back, I'm not going to be grateful to them!" Minghui Guang shook his head resolutely, and there was a fire in his eyes, "They are a group of hypocritical beasts!" What kind of family style and family rules are set up on the surface, and they are similar to people on the outside, and they are intrigued on the inside...... The brother robs the younger brother, the son robs the father, and the uncle robs the nephew, and the family affection is not taken into account, and the ethical order is lost; Also, like blood-sucking flies and mosquitoes, they frantically exploit those peasant households, and call people as animals; With all this bloody money, he spends all day in the city, using the power at hand, breaking the law everywhere, so he is disgusting......"

"What do you think these gate valves are? You don't know! The more he spoke, the more excited he became, even ignoring the identities of both parties, "I grew up in such a place, and it's a shame to be in the company of beasts!" If I gain power, sooner or later, sooner or later, I will tear down their old bottoms......"

"You are too aggressive, too aggressive," Cai Xianqing saw that his emotions were a little out of control, and hurriedly reassured, "After all, this is your hometown, and you also want to revive it, why bother to depreciate it?" ”

"That's not how the ancestors came," Minghui Guang said quickly, his lips trembling almost twitching, "But how did the descendants who have been passed down from generation to generation become what they are now?" If we don't change it, let it grow savagely, and in time, we'll all be finished...... It's going to be over! ”

Ye Yongjia saw his panic and fear, but he really felt inexplicable, as if he had listened to a dream. Now is not the time to delve into it, so he slowly flips the list to another page: "I will ask you about these words in the future, but this has nothing to do with the official business of the department. If you don't have anything to report, you can step aside. ”

Minghuiguang let out a long breath and laughed a few times madly: "Good, good!" Lord Ye, it seems that you are also this kind of character! I'll stand down, I'll stand down......" With that, he made a gesture and stumbled out.

Ye Yongjia continued to sit upright: "Who else will come up?" The head of this criminal department ......"

"Report!" At this moment, a Xu official suddenly rushed in from outside the door, knocked away several officials, knelt down in front of Ye Yongjia, and stumbled, "Ye, Lord Ye, it's not good to ......."

Ye Yongjia glanced at it coldly: "What's the matter?" Say it. ”

"I just went outside to take a look, and Lord Cui hanged himself!"