Li Zhen smiled and said to everyone: "It's such a cold day, but everyone is frozen at the gate, I'm sorry, please go in and talk about it." ”

Cui Shaoying also smiled and said, "Let's talk about it after everyone enters the Yaya!"

Everyone surrounded Li Zhen and walked into the gate of the Internal Security Office, his official room had already been cleaned up, and it was also located in the inner courtyard, close to the official room of the long history.

The room was large and bright, with bookcases on both sides, a bronze incense burner in the corner, a table against the wall on the west side, a thick cushion underneath, and a burning charcoal fire next to it, which baked the room extra warm.

When a new official takes office, there are a lot of formalities to be done, of course, he can't rush into Li Zhen's room like a neighbor, everyone went back to their official room with interest, and there was only Cui Shaoying, the chief of the official room.

The two sat down separately, a scribe served them tea, and Cui Shaoying handed Li Zhen's official seal and appointment letter to Li Zhen.

"Although the commander of the internal guard is appointed by the Ministry of War, in fact, the Ministry of War is just a formality, and the commander of the internal guard is appointed by the saint himself, and Commander Li should know, so I won't explain. ”

Li Zhen nodded, and asked again: "I just don't quite understand, why the number of internal guards is so small, only three hundred, I used to be in Qianniuwei, that is a few thousand." ”

"This is the special of the internal guard, in fact, the internal guard has been established for less than ten years, and it is different from Qianniuwei and Yulin Army, it is responsible for performing secret tasks for the saint, and it is extremely powerful, so the number of people cannot be large, this is the biggest difference between it and Qianniuwei. ”

Of course, Li Zhen understands that the internal guard is actually equivalent to the Jinyi guard of the Ming Dynasty, which is Wu Zetian's secret spy agency, and it is an extremely mysterious organization.

Cui Shaoying sneered slightly: "Today's impeachment of Commander Li by the Imperial Guard is the first time that the Imperial Guard has been impeached by the Imperial History since the establishment of the Internal Guard, which seems to us to be extremely funny, what we do is a secret mission assigned by the Holy Lord, who dares to ask? Wang Hongyi actually dares to impeach the Internal Guard, he is against the Holy Lord!"

Li Zhen smiled, he didn't want to say more about it, so he changed the topic and asked, "Is Commander Wan not here today?"

Cui Shaoying smiled bitterly and said, "This." It's really a bit hard to explain, and I don't hide it from Commander Li, it's rare to see Commander Wan in the Internal Security Bureau, and I've only seen him three times so far. ”

"Why?" asked Li Zhen puzzled.

"This is the special feature of the internal guard, our official office is called the Ming Ya, that is, to tell everyone, Datang has the internal guard, but it is just a formal official office, but in fact, the internal guard is very mysterious, and it is rare to see them in the imperial city, so there is a secret office somewhere in Luoyang, which is the real official office of the internal guard. ”

Speaking of this, Cui Shaoying sighed, "The secret office is Wan Guojun's official office, and even I don't know where it is? It is said to be a separate residence of Princess Taiping." ”

Only then did Li Zhen understand why Shangguan Wan'er wanted to give herself a house, it turned out to be a secret sign for herself!

"If you can't find Wan Guojun, how can you give him the order from above?" Li Zhen asked puzzled.

Cui Shaoying's lips pursed into a straight line, Li Zhen's question touched his sore spot, which is also something that has always made him linger, these officials with a long history and the main book are just a false name, writing reports to the military department every month, maintaining the existence of the internal security officials.

But he didn't know the real task of the internal guard at all, it was Princess Taiping who directly ordered it to Wan Guojun, and Wan Guojun did even better, and he didn't even let them know where the internal guard secret office was.

At this time, Cui Shaoying remembered that Li Zhen was also Shangguan Wan'er's person, so would he never appear again after he appeared here once?

After a long while, Cui Shaoying said depressedly: "The tasks of the saint are all issued in secret, and we don't know, we just write a report to the Ministry of War every month, and as for what is written, it is estimated that the Ministry of War will not be able to understand it." ”

Li Zhen couldn't help but smile dumbly, and said to Cui Shaoying: "I can understand Cui Changshi's difficulties, but since it is a secret mission, it is really not appropriate for the Ministry of War to know, but I will arrange an official room for Cui Changshi in the secret office, but I will trouble Cui Changshi to run around at both ends." ”

Cui Shaoying was overjoyed, this Commander Li was much more open-minded than Wan Guojun, this is what it looks like to be a commander, he hurriedly got up and saluted, "Thank you Commander Li for your care!"

Today is the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, only two days away from the New Year, the atmosphere of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger, every household hangs out lanterns, the gate is pasted with the door god and peach charm, and a long pole is erected in the courtyard, indicating that the life of the new year will be rising.

Some anxious parents put on new clothes for their children early and play in the snow, and the children's laughter can be heard everywhere, accompanied by bursts of firecrackers.

Li Zhen returned to his home in the afternoon, and a group of children were building snowmen at the gate, including a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, whom Li Zhen knew and was Zhao Qiuniang's youngest apprentice, Ah Ling.

A Ling's home is nearby, her surname is Ye, her parents are in the fur business in Nanshi, the family is quite solid, she has two brothers, the eldest brother does business with her parents, and the second brother is Xiao Ye who plays polo with Li Zhen.

"Ah Ling, how are you with this group of children?" Li Zhen turned over and dismounted and smiled.

Ah Ling hurriedly patted off the snow foam on her body, ran up and smiled embarrassedly: "Brother Li, my master asked me to send you and my eldest sister an invitation." ”

She took out an invitation card and handed it to Li Zhen, Li Zhen opened it and looked at it, it turned out that Zhao Qiuniang invited him and his eldest sister to go to the martial arts hall for Chinese New Year's Eve.

Ah Ling scratched her head and said with a look of anticipation: "We can be lively every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, the senior brothers and sisters all get together to drink and feast, and there are various activities, Brother Li, you can come too!"

Li Zhen thought for a while and said, "I may be able to come, but my eldest sister may not." ”

"Then I'll go and tell Master, you have to come over anyway. Ah Ling smiled and waved at him, turned around and ran away.

Li Zhen spends Chinese New Year's Eve with his eldest sister every year, but this year he doesn't want to spend the New Year with Cao Wen, and it's not bad to go to the eldest sister of Qiu Niang for the New Year.

Li Zhen led the horse and walked towards the gate, only to see an ox cart parked at the gate, the cart was full of all kinds of daily necessities, and the housekeeper Uncle Lin was checking the list with the delivery person.

Uncle Lin is a native of Luoyang, and has always been a housekeeper in a large family, and his only son was unfortunately killed in battle with the Khitans five years ago, and only he and his wife depended on each other.

Uncle Lin is honest and very popular, and the shopkeeper of the Left Bank Liquor Store introduced him to Li Quan as a housekeeper, and after only a few days, he kept the house in good order.

"Uncle Lin, is my eldest sister at home?" asked Li Zhen with a smile.

"Madame was still there just now, it seems that she went to the liquor store again, didn't Childe meet her?"

"Oh! ”

At this time, Li Zhen saw a large cradle made of rattan in the ox cart, his heart moved, and he hurriedly asked Uncle Lin, "My eldest sister has decided to adopt that child?"

"It should be!"

Uncle Lin also smiled and said: "Mrs. said that she wanted to send the child away, but everyone can see that she likes the child very much, and she came back to see her twice in the afternoon. ”

Li Zhen's heart fell, although Zhao Qiuniang said that she was willing to adopt the child, but Li Zhen still hoped that the eldest sister could adopt her, so that the eldest sister would not be so lonely, he knew that the eldest sister was a knife mouth tofu heart, although she said it fiercely, but her heart had already softened.

It's just that the child is only eight months old, and it is the time when she needs someone to take care of her the most, the eldest sister is so busy, how can she have time to take care of her, Li Zhen thought about it and said to Uncle Lin: "Uncle Lin, I have to trouble you to find a nurse for the child, try to find a better nurse." ”

"Childe, don't worry! The child is temporarily taken by my wife, and it is not too late to find a nurse for the child after the New Year. ”

Li Zhen returned to the mansion and put the horse, then walked quickly to the inner hall, and heard Aunt Meng complaining loudly in the courtyard with a cane from a distance, "It's not my own, why do you want to bring it back, it's still a useless little lady, I don't know how much it will cost now, I see that she is dizzy when she has a little money!"

Li Zhen's face sank, and he stepped forward and said coldly: "This child is what I want to adopt, and I will bear all the costs!"

Aunt Meng has always been at odds with Li Zhen, the two rarely talk, she also heard that Li Zhen became an official, and now it is not easy to provoke, so she glared at him, stopped complaining, and muttered back to her house.

Li Zhen walked into the inner hall and saw that the little guy had just changed his diaper, like a lively little worm, and was happily crawling around on the mat, and Aunt Lin was sitting on the side, sewing a small flower jacket for her, while lovingly taking care of her.

The little guy suddenly saw Li Zhen walk in, and was so frightened that he hurriedly hid beside Aunt Lin, Li Zhen sat down in front of her, shook the small rattle in his hand, and teased her with a smile: "Do you like it?"

The little guy suddenly smiled, reached out to grab the rattle, and screamed in his mouth, 'Ahhh

Aunt Lin smiled: "She is fine during the day, but sometimes she cries at night to ask for her mother, but when Mrs. holds her, she doesn't cry anymore, she is a very well-behaved child." ”

"What's your name?" Li Zhen asked with a smile and a little nod on her little nose.

The little guy was busy playing with the rattle in his hand, giggling happily, and Aunt Lin next to him smiled: "Mrs. just gave her a breast name, called Xiu'er." ”

"Well, that's a good name, and my uncle will call you Xiu'er in the future." ”

At this time, a maid ran to the hall, saluted, and said timidly: "Son, there are a few officials at the door looking for you, saying that they are your brothers." ”

This must be Jiuzhi They are coming, Li Zhen pinched the child's little face, and handed her to Aunt Lin, "Aunt Lin, please take care of her." ”

"Childe, don't worry, I'll take care of her. ”

Li Zhen beckoned to the little guy again, then left the inner hall with a smile and walked out of the door.

Walking out of the door, I saw Jiu Zhi and Xiao Xi talking, and there was a guard standing next to them, Li Zhen suddenly felt that he was very familiar, but he couldn't remember who he was for a while, Li Zhen stepped forward and looked at him carefully, and suddenly remembered, and suddenly asked with surprise and joy: "When did you come to Luoyang?"

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