Then he turned around again and walked to a round door. The door was closed, and the plaque on it read "Shangyi Bureau". Sha Gonggong knocked on the knocker, and after a while, he heard someone inside: "Come on, come on!" ”

It was a middle-aged woman's voice, and her tone was a little impatient. With a "ah" sound, a oily face poked out, and when he saw Sha Gonggong, his originally stiff face immediately unfolded, and the woman smiled: "Ouch, Sha Gonggong, which gust of wind blew you here." ”

Although the woman said very attentively, Sha Gonggong was still silent, just bowed and said: "Ju Butou, this Zheng Gongzi wants to enter the Mingxin Courtyard, please make two sets of clothes for him, and I will do it tomorrow." ”

This chrysanthemum head looked at me for a moment and said, "Is this little brother?" Cheng, Cheng, I'll tailor it for him right away. So saying, he came and took my hand. She is always over forty years old, but the powder on her face is like a pink wall, I look a little hairy, for fear that she will really hold me, so I hurriedly stepped forward and said: "This sister, Xiaosheng Zheng Hanbai is polite." ”

I know that the older a woman is, the more she likes to be called smaller. Sure enough, this chrysanthemum heard me call her "sister", and her face immediately looked like a chrysanthemum, and she smiled: "Ouch, this little brother's little mouth is so sweet." Father-in-law Sha, where is this little brother Zheng? ”

Sha Gonggong said fairly: "Jubu head, Zheng Gongzi is the nephew of King Shuiming. ”

Jube was stunned for a moment, and immediately smiled again: "No wonder." Come, Brother Zheng, come in with me, I'll give you the right amount and make a beautiful set of clothes. ”

I was afraid that she would be caught indiscriminately, so I took a step forward and said, "Sister Ju, please lead the way." He thought to himself: "Sure enough, the old saying is true: let people not lose their roots, and roll their tongues." I called her a few times, sister, and she was happy to do it. ”

As soon as I entered, Kikube saw that Grandpa Sha was still standing at the door and did not come in, so he asked, "Grandpa Sha, aren't you coming in?" ”

Sha Gong said fairly: "I'm not coming in." Ju Butou, please as soon as possible, I will send Zheng Gongzi out of the palace. ”

Sha Gonggong didn't want to come in, so Jubu was not reluctant. I followed her in, walked through a long corridor, and when I arrived in the hall, Ju Butou said in a loud voice: "Mei Niang, come out and measure yourself." But a crisp voice was heard, and a woman with a beard came out from behind the screen. She was only a few years older than me, and when I saw her, my heart moved, and I said, "Sister Ju, then I'll let this Sister Mei measure it for me, don't bother you......"

Before I finished speaking, Jubu grabbed my shoulder and said with a smile: "Little brother, when you see the young one, you immediately think that Sister Ju is old?" Stand honestly, Grandpa Sha is still waiting outside. ”

Although she said it half-jokingly, the meaning of this clearly knew my intentions. That Mei Niang smiled "sneering" on the side, I couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "Where, I'm afraid that Sister Ju will be tired." ”

Jubu gently patted me on the head and said, "What are you tired, stand up straight, if you talk again, I'll strip you naked and measure it carefully!" ”

I was startled and quickly stood up straight. Fortunately, Jubu said so, but he didn't really want to strip me and measure it again, so he handed the ruler to Mei Niang and said: "Mei Niang, you can measure it, this little brother stands like a piece of wood, don't measure it wrong." ”

I couldn't help grinning when I saw that it was just for Mei Niang to measure. Mei Niang took the ruler, but said with a straight face: "Childe, please don't move." ”

I stood up straight, and she took the ruler off my shoulder, and it didn't touch me at all. Every time I measured it, I reported a number, and when I saw that she didn't write it down, I was surprised: "Sister Mei, do you remember so many numbers?" ”

Mei Niang didn't answer yet, and the head of the chrysanthemum on the side said: "Sister Mei can't remember, Sister Ju can remember." Don't move, I'll measure it right away. ”

When I saw that she said categorically, I couldn't help but be surprised: "Sister Ju, have you remembered it all this time?" ”

Ju Butou said: "Of course, if your sister Ju doesn't have this ability, how can she be the head of the department in the Shangyi Bureau." She was probably afraid that I wouldn't believe it, so she reported a few numbers, what is the width of the shoulders and the thickness of the shoulders, how much is the diameter of the neck, and what is the length of the armpits, all of which are clear. I don't remember if this is the case at all, so I asked Mei Niang, "Sister Mei, is this Sister Ju right?" ”

Mei Niang probably saw me as a "Sister Ju", pursed her lips and smiled: "There will be nothing wrong with Jubutou." ”

The chrysanthemum head over there said: "Of course, little brother, if you don't believe it, do you want to measure the size of your hair, see if I remember?" ”

I'm kind of old in school, but I've never seen such a pungent person as this chrysanthemum. Hearing her say this, I was really afraid that she would measure something on me, so she hurriedly said, "I believe it, I believe it." Just one hand took advantage of Mei Niang's time to measure my ankle and gently pinched it, and said, "Sister Mei, have you measured it?" ”

Mei Niang didn't expect me to squeeze her hand, her face flushed slightly, and she said, "Okay." Chrysanthemum head, ankle diameter one inch and five minutes. ”

Kikube said, "Is there an inch and a half?" This half of the big brother, the two legs are not thin, and His Majesty is relieved to let him into the Mingxin Courtyard. ”

It's a bit hairy to listen to. Fortunately, she didn't say anything, just said: "Mei Niang, you send the little brother out, I'll go cut the material immediately." ”

Mei Niang agreed, put the ruler away, and saluted me: "Childe, please come with me." ”

I saw that the Shangyi Bureau was quiet, and said casually: "Sister Mei, how many people are there here?" ”

"Shangyi Bureau? There are a total of twenty-three people, of which three are in the middle, seven are in silk, and the rest are waiting for the edict. ”

Most of the heads, clothes, and edicts she said are official names. There are no such names in Wuyang City, and I also heard it very freshly, and the heart of the original imperial system still has so many positions. I said, "Sister Mei, are you a silk cloth?" ”

She pursed her lips again and smiled: "How can I be enough, it will take at least five years to be promoted to the cloth, and another seven years to be promoted to the head of the department." ”

I was stunned and said, "How long is it going to take?" ”

"Yes, it is not easy to be promoted in the palace. Fortunately, there are not many people, and I am not very busy. ”

As she spoke, she had walked through the corridor and arrived at the door of the Moon Cave. As soon as he pushed the door open, Grandpa Sha was still standing there outside the door. As soon as he saw me come out, Gonggong Sha said, "Gongzi Zheng, have you measured it?" Please come out of the palace with me, and I will be waiting for you at the door tomorrow when King Shuiming goes to the palace to send his son here. ”

I was secretly speechless, thinking that this kind of imperial system in the north is a big rule. But although there are more rules, it's not too unbearable, and the emperor who can't bear the most unbearable bow to the emperor has waived it for me, and nothing else matters. I went out behind Sha Gonggong, and when I arrived at the gate of the palace, Sha Gong said fairly: "Zheng Gongzi, King Shui Ming is still discussing with His Majesty, please rest in the gatehouse, I will not accompany you." ”

In fact, I really couldn't stand his company, so I hurriedly said: "Okay, thank you Grandpa Sha." "Grandpa Sha has been polite to me for several years, but there is always a yin qi in him, and his sharp voice really makes me uncomfortable, so it is more comfortable to leave him.

As soon as Grandpa Sha left, I sat quietly on the bench in the gatehouse. The Si Yan who was guarding the door was probably also bored, so he leaned over and said, "This son, are you here with Lord Shuiming?" ”

I nodded and said, "yes." Uncle, how long have you been here? ”

The gatekeeper was about fifty years old, but he was in good shape and very strong. I called him "uncle", he was very heartwarming, and said with a smile: "It's good for the son to call me Ah Si." I've been doing this for years, and I've been working here before Your Majesty entered the palace. ”

He was much older than me, of course I couldn't call him Ah Si, so I said, "Before Your Majesty entered the palace, there was a house here?" ”

He nodded and said, "Of course there is, the three major halls of the Imperial Palace, Dengwen, Huairen, and Huisi, have all been for hundreds of years." Before His Majesty ascended the throne, it was changed into a large unified palace, and now it has been rebuilt. I was recruited in the ninth year of the new year, and because I was not clean, I could only work in the porter, and the second year was the seventh year of the republic. Until now, it's all ......" Speaking of this, he pinched his fingers and calculated, probably counting the seven years of the republic and how many years from now there.

Qi uses the name of the same year, and this year is the nineteenth year of the Great Qi Dynasty, but Wuyangcheng has always used the name of the Republic, and this year is the forty-sixth year of the Republic, so I don't have to think about it at all, so I said: "Uncle has been doing it for forty years." You've been here since you were a teenager? ”

When he saw me, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and immediately smiled again: "If so, I've been sixteen years since I came to do things." Childe, is your surname Fu? ”

He came to work at the age of sixteen, and he is fifty-six this year, but he looks like he is in his early fifties, several years younger than his real age, and it seems that this job is not tiring, and he is well maintained. I said, "My surname is Fu, my surname is Zheng." ”

"Surname Zheng?" He was stunned again, but his face changed suddenly, and he said in a low voice: "You...... Are you the grandson of Secretary Zheng? ”

My titular grandfather, Zheng Zhao, was the Secretary of State of the Republic. I don't know what kind of position the secretary of state is, Wuyangcheng does not have this position, but seeing that this secretary is so solemn, it seems that I, Grandpa Zheng Zhao, are not an ordinary person. I was a little apprehensive and said, "Uncle, do you have a grudge against Secretary Zheng?" ”

He panicked: "How dare you." When I first came to do things, I often used to come to the General Command Office to discuss matters, and he has always been very amiable, so I still remember it after so many years. ”

Hearing that he had no enmity with my grandfather Zheng Zhao, I relieved myself and said, "Yes, he is my grandfather." ”

When this Si Yan heard this, he was a little excited, grabbed my hand, and immediately saved his gaffe, put it down, his expression was very cramped and uneasy, and he suddenly knelt down and said, "It turned out to be Young Master Zheng." How is Lord Lingzun? ”

He looked like he was thinking of me like a big guy. I was also a little uneasy, I didn't want to kneel to others, and I didn't like others to kneel on me, so I hurriedly helped him up and said, "Uncle, please get up." Do you recognize my father? ”

He was helped by me and took advantage of the situation to stand up, but there was still a look of worship in his eyes and said, "Of course I recognize!" I had been in the Secretary of State's office for two years at that time, and I had been in and out every day for a while. ”

My father's reputation in Wuyang City was extremely bad, and almost everyone scolded him, but I didn't expect that in this distant Fog Cloud City, he seemed to be very respected. I couldn't help but be curious, and said, "Uncle, can you tell me about my father?" ”

He was stunned and said, "Si Chu didn't tell you about himself?" ”

"He never said that."

He sighed and said, "Si Chu is like this. At that time, as the son of the Secretary of State, he had no stand against us workers, but in fact, he was awarded a medal at a young age, and his reputation in the army was very resounding. It's a pity that he later went to the south with the secretary of state, otherwise, it wouldn't be your uncle who started with King Siming. ”

I was surprised, "My father is better than my uncle?" ”

He nodded and said, "Definitely." ”

Although he said it categorically, I didn't know for sure. He was a priest who knew nothing about the army, but he had come to this conclusion based on his own ears, probably simply because he knew my father. It's just that if he dares to say this like this, then my father will not at least lose to my uncle. I used to think that my uncle was the number one general in the world, and my uncle said that my father was very good, and I only thought he was modest, but this Ah Si also said the same, and there was always a shadow in it.

Father, it turns out that he was once famous all over the world. But why did he refuse to go north? Is this belief in protecting the republic really so important?