Xiao Tang Bridge said goodbye, Feng Zhiping and Tong Jian walked to both ends of the bridge respectively, without much affection, and there was no reluctance, as if the two met by chance, and politely chatted a few words, that's all.

Walking off the bridge, Niu Chunhan couldn't hold back his doubts and caught up a few steps.

"Young master, what does Zhuang Yuanlang think, why do you want to go to the Ministry of Officials?"

This matter was quite puzzling to him.

In terms of level, the Ministry of Rites is at the same level as the Ministry of Households, but it is always more important to manage the money bag, and it is a proper promotion to be transferred from the Ministry of Rites to the Ministry of Household to serve as the left waiter, but Tong Jian actually wants to go to the Ministry of Officials to fill the vacancy!

If it is the left waiter, it will be enough, even if the right waiter is also successful, but what he wants to make up is an ordinary Langzhong, which is tantamount to self-depreciation.

Sanpin's Langzhong, there is no one in history, but all of them have been suppressed for various reasons, and there is no one like Tong Jian who depreciates himself.

Feng Zhiping smiled: "Why else, the rapids retreat bravely." ”

"Brave retreat from the rapids?" Niu Chunhan was puzzled, "Please make it clear to the young master." ”

Feng Zhiping said: "I have heard You Jinglian say, now in the court, the prince's influence on the Ministry of Rites is stronger, King Rui's influence on the Criminal Department is stronger, the Ministry of Industry is stared at by His Majesty, and no one else is allowed to interfere. Among the two, the military department is okay, there is Zhan Wang Ye inside, and my father outside, the five generals are generally loyal, and the influence of the two dragon fighting methods is not great, but the household department is different, it is a bloody battlefield. ”

As the saying goes, "if you want to hold the power of the world, it is nothing more than soldiers and power", and the household department is in charge of the world's land, taxes, household registration, military supplies, salaries, prices, financial revenues and expenditures, etc., which is extremely important, and has always been a must for the princes.

The prince and King Rui are no exception, the two of them are doing their best in the household department, because today's saint is healthy, and a number of pure ministers such as Tiantingjian, King Kang, and Feng Moxiu are still there, and the two of them are limited to secret fighting and dare not make too much trouble, even so, the personnel changes in the household department are quite frequent, and several important cases of corruption are reported from time to time.

Adhering to the emperor's will, as long as it does not affect the operation of the department too much and does not affect the people's livelihood, he will turn a blind eye to the intrigues in the secret, and toss with the two factions, but after all, he is just an ordinary person who does not know martial arts.

Now that he is about to say goodbye to old age, the prince and King Rui are all concerned about the candidates for succession, and this is the reason why the "sick champion" Tong Jian was transferred to the household department, but I don't know what the prince, King Rui or His Majesty himself means, and Tong Jian, a smart person, is naturally full of reluctance.

The holy order is difficult to disobey, Tong Jian can only accept it reluctantly, but before accepting it, he still wants to do it again, Feng Zhiping has never understood why he went back to his hometown in Tongxian County for a private visit, but now that he heard his request, he finally understood.

"If I'm not mistaken, this guy was trying to get out of here. Feng Zhiping said, "When I went home to visit my relatives, I found that my hometown father and elder were still living in dire straits, so I made a big wish to return to the local area to rectify my hometown, what a good reason, how touching, plus his eloquence, do you say that the emperor can disagree after hearing it?"

Niu Chunhan thought deeply: "Yes, there is an opportunity to return to my hometown, so why not pick at this juncture." ”

"That's right. Feng Zhiping said with a smile, "He didn't expect to run into me, otherwise he wouldn't have 'coincidentally' met me on the Xiaotang Bridge today, but hugged His Majesty's thigh in the palace and cried bitterly." ”

Niu Chunhan nodded, and suddenly became suspicious: "Young master, did you say that in the Zhuangyuan Temple, would it not be a chance encounter?"

Feng Zhiping paused, glanced back at Niu Chunhan, thought about it, and shook his head slightly: "Probably not, he is not an immortal, how do you know that I will go?" And we went in late at that time, and he was already there when we entered, it should be a coincidence." ”

Niu Chunhan was still not at ease: "Do you want to check it?"

Feng Zhiping hesitated for a moment and said, "We don't have enough manpower, and our strength is insufficient, this matter doesn't matter, we don't need to investigate, you notify the fifth uncle and ask him for help." ”

Niu Chunhan was about to agree, Feng Zhiping raised his hand and held it, twisted his eyebrows and pondered, and Shaoqing slowly exhaled.

"You tell the fifth uncle that you can make a big noise when you check, so that people know that we are investigating him. ”

Niu Chunhan was puzzled: "What does this mean?"

Feng Zhiping said with a smile: "Let's check on him, it shows that he has something worthy of the attention of our Sword Marquis Mansion, and the fifth uncle personally started it, which shows that this person has a dislike for our family nine times out of ten, so that my maternal great-grandfather will have more reason to speak for him." ”

Niu Chunhan suddenly: "Master Sheng has always been at odds with our Hou Ye, he will oppose everything our Hou Ye wants to do, and now Hou Ye wants to be unfavorable to Tong Jian, and the boss will come forward to protect him, so it is logical to transfer him to the Ministry of Officials." ”

Feng Zhiping smiled and nodded, saying in his heart that this is just one of them, and the other is a "big gift".

Whether it is the person Feng Mo Xiu wants to engage in or the person Sheng Zhongzhang wants to protect, they are all people who must be treated cautiously for the prince and King Rui, Feng Mo Xiu and Sheng Zhongzhang fight the method, whether it is co-opted or suppressed, as long as they touch Tong Jian, they will offend the other, so they have to think carefully, so that the pressure on Tong Jian will be much less.

And looking at Tong Jian's meaning, it should also be this thought, and the letter and today's meeting should prove this.

The long-sleeved champion who is good at dancing wants to continue to play his left and right, and Feng Zhiping believes that even if he doesn't understand this meaning, Tong Jian will definitely be able to create opportunities to achieve this situation by himself.

Thinking of this, Feng Zhiping commanded in a low voice: "Go back and scatter some news, just say that I met him by chance today, I didn't agree with him, I had a big quarrel, and I almost got into a fight." ”

"Yes. ”

"Also, you can handle Zou Xun's affairs personally, dilute his relationship with me as much as possible, and then arrange for him to leave the house as soon as possible, and find an opportunity to send a message to Tong Jian for them to meet. Hmph, writing a mysterious bad letter gives me a headache, and I'll give you a headache this time!"

"Yes, the subordinates know what to do. Niu Chunhan smiled very thiefly.

Feng Zhiping was curious: "What do you want to do?" Say it first, just be embarrassed, don't make a unique riddle that he can't solve!"

Niu Chunhan lowered his head: "Young master, don't worry, your subordinates are measured, and your subordinates are ready to send him a set of spring palace maps." ”

"Spring... Spring Palace Map?!" Feng Zhiping glared.

Niu Chunhan smiled cheaply: "Yes, Spring Palace Map." This is a trick commonly used by subordinates in the past, and the clues to the mystery will be solved, and I believe that with the wisdom of Tong, it should be able to solve it. ”

Afraid that Feng Zhiping would not agree, Niu Chunhan came closer: "Aren't you 'disagreeing' with him today, just use the Spring Palace Diagram to 'humiliate' him, so that outsiders will be more convinced that you and him are really not on good terms after they know it." "The Seven Realms

Feng Zhiping sighed and patted Niu Chunhan's shoulder: "Good idea, really good idea! Old Niu, I like you more and more!"

Niu Chun Hanle blossomed, thinking of Xiao Tao, and said modestly: "Your subordinates are dull, no matter what creativity you have, you taught it well." ”

The laughter stopped abruptly, Feng Zhiping twitched his face, glared at Niu Chunhan, turned around and continued to move forward.

Lan Kwai Fong, Ring 33, a hearty battle has just come to an end.

The victor held his sword high to show off his might, and the loser half-knelt on the ground and clutched his chest, his eyes were indignant, and the blood slowly oozing from his fingers continued to drain his strength, and after the third reminder from the judge, he reluctantly got up and staggered away.

"Who else?"

The victor pulled up a very fancy sword flower, looked proudly at the audience, and shouted while seizing the time to secretly breathe.

A few people on the field were eager to try, but remembering this person's record, they pressed the impulse again and watched quietly.

The victor looked smug and was about to turn around when a young man suddenly jumped into the ring.

"I'll come. ”

The man turned around, glanced at the low-key but precious brocade robe on the young man's body, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a little disdain: "You, forget it, I don't want to cause trouble." ”

He has seen a lot of people like the boy these days, these aristocratic children learned a few hands and three-legged cat kung fu and thought they were invincible in the world, and they started to know that they were sitting in the well and watching the sky and didn't say anything, those who were willing to admit it were okay, and some of the stinky and shameless ones were not convinced, and they didn't dare to make a mistake on the stage.

"What's the trouble, I'm afraid that if I lose, I won't admit it and look back?" The young man signed the life and death certificate with a few strokes, threw the pen back into the hands of the poor man with a dull eye, and turned his head to show a bright smile, "Don't worry, young master, I am a person who wants face, don't do that kind of eggless thing." ”

The man was still not at ease, but he saw the young man wave his hand at the entourage in the audience, and a dagger flew into his hand.

The dagger was held back, and the man was shown it, and the young man smiled: "This knife is eight inches and seven minutes, human-level and high-grade, with no spiritual bias, the market price is one thousand eight hundred taels, and according to the current market, it can be sold for about two thousand five to two thousand seven hundred taels." ”

If you are really a nobleman, you will have a treasure knife of this grade at your fingertips!

The man looked at it greedily, retracted his gaze, and said in a deep voice: "What do you mean, Your Excellency, do you want to bribe me and ask me to release water?"

"What to do with the water, I'm here to have fun, not to have fun. The boy waved his hand and smiled, "I want to make a bet with you, bet on the blades of the two of us." If I win, your sword is mine, and if I lose, the sword is yours. ”

"What?!"

The man was startled.

His sword is only a human-level mid-grade, and it is a very general and ordinary kind in the mid-grade, three or four can be worthy of that dagger, and it is calculated at the original price, this kid is so arrogant, dare to bet on this kind of treasure?

Are many people stupid?

Still is...

In the midst of the surprise, someone in the crowd suddenly sighed.

"I seem to have seen that knife, in Junbao Building, it is said to be the treasure of Junbao Building!"

"Fart, Junbaolou will take a human-grade dagger as the treasure of the town's shop?

"Anyway, it's worth a lot of money, I did see it in Junbao Building!"

......

The sound of discussion came to his ears, and the man's heart was hot, no matter what, this dagger must not be a fake.

"How is it, do you want to test it?" the young man asked again, his eyes defiant.

The man hesitated, took a deep breath, and smiled confidently.

"Since the little boy wants to ask for advice, then he won't shirk it. I will pay attention to the proportions in the next place, let you make ten moves, you please!"

"Let me make ten moves?" the boy frowned, seemingly dissatisfied.

The man was more confident and smiled: "Ten moves are already a lot, and if you let it again, it will be scolding." ”

"That's right. The young man nodded and sighed, "Okay, that's it, then I'll come? The sword has no eyes, you have to be careful~!"

The man laughed: "No problem, please... Hmm?poof~~!"

The two figures suddenly parted, the man flew high and fell heavily from the ring, covering his chest and bleeding from the corners of his mouth, looking at the brilliant and dazzling smiling face on the stage with his eyes lost, and he got off for a long time.

"You lost. Feng Zhiping squatted on the side of the stage and said with a smile, waving his hand at Niu Chunhan, "Go, put away the sword, that's mine." ”

"Yes. ”

When Niu Chunhan stepped forward and put the sword in his arms, the audience who had lost their minds woke up and were in an uproar in an instant.