Sun Yisheng originally planned to go straight to Gongtianfu Yamen. After all, Gongtianfu is responsible for the governance of the Xijing area, and Chen Shi wanted Gongtianfu to apologize, but then he thought: "If this matter gets serious, Mr. Chen will still be the one to suffer!" This is a serious crime of beheading! Inform Master Chen Tang first!"

He immediately ran towards the Hubu Yamen, but when he turned around, the school inspector who followed them to Guangjiku rushed towards Gongtian Mansion. Sun Yisheng's heart sank and he could not stop him.

"This is Xijing after all. If it's in the wilderness, just do it..."

He was startled by his own thoughts. He had always been law-abiding, so why did he suddenly have such an idea? "I didn't meet any bad people along the way, so why did I become a bad person?"

Without thinking too much, he rushed to the Hubu Yamen.

On the other side, in Gongtian Mansion, Gongtian Mansion Yin Xia Jiuge was discussing matters with the Mansion Prime Minister Gao Zhihuan, Zhizhong Yangan, General Judge Gu Dangli and others. At this time, Guangjiku Inspector rushed over and shouted: "Mansion Master Yin, something happened in Guangjiku!"

Xia Jiuge and everyone looked at each other and smiled, as if they had known about this for a long time.

The general judge, Gu Dangli, laughed and said, "Master Fu Yin really has a clever plan!" Everyone expressed their admiration and stroked their beards.

When Guangjiku, the inspector, saw that no one was in any hurry, he couldn't help but be surprised.

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Xia Jiuge, the prefect's governor, smiled and said, "Don't be impatient. Speak slowly. If something happens in Guangjiku, you should tell the Ministry of Household Affairs why they came to me." The inspector bowed and sent Ma Zongzhou and others to Guangjiku. He talked about how he was beaten up by the new Ambassador Guangjiku and hung on a dragon head rocket. Everyone laughed, and Gao Zhihuan laughed and said: "I have wronged my nephew Ma Shi. When things get serious, I have to promote him."

The governor Xia Jiuge ordered the governor to ask the inspector to step down. The governor led the inspector to a secluded place outside the government office, secretly gave him a few taels of silver, and said with a smile, "Your Excellency, you have done a good job." The inspector thanked him and turned around. Went.

Xia Jiuge, the prefecture official, smiled and said: "I, the new appointee of Gongtian Mansion, have the experience and training of a group of sixteen people. They have just taken office. They went to Guangjiku under my command to pick up weapons such as fire blunts, waist knives and so on. However, they were taken over by the new Guangjiku." The ambassador beat them, lynched them, and tied them to rockets to send them to heaven. Is this a serious crime?"

Everyone laughed and said, "Big! Of course it's big!"

Xia Jiuge, the prefect's governor, said: "But it's not big enough. Lord Yan, go over there and ask him to beat you up and tie you to a rocket." Yan Qian was an official of the fifth rank in Zhizhong. Hearing this, he paused. The prefect Yin wanted to put Chen Shi to death, so he smiled and said, "Okay! I'll go over there!" The prefect Xia Jiuge asked, "Do you know how to do it?"

Yan Qian laughed and said: "When I go to a lower official, I don't tell him who I am, nor do I take out the adult's handwriting. I just ask him to let him go. If he doesn't let him go, I will insult him. He is just a thirteen-year-old boy, so he can't bear it. He won’t stop taking action against me.”

Xia Jiuge, the governor, said seriously: "Don't fight back, I'm worried that you are too advanced and will beat him to death." Yan Qian smiled and said, "I just have to be patient." After that, he left boldly.

Governor Xia Jiuge waited for a quarter of an hour, then stood up and said with a smile, "We can go there."

The officials of Gongtian Mansion, big and small, got up one after another and followed Xia Jiuge out of the government office. Xia Jiuge got on the chariot, and everyone also got on the chariot or horses and headed towards Guangjiku.

On the other side, Sun Yisheng had already hurriedly informed Chen Tang, the right servant of the Ministry of Revenue. Chen Tang's face darkened when he heard him say this: "Chen Shi fell into the trap! Their purpose was to get him to hurt others. He I'm still too young and not calm enough."

Sun Yisheng asked: "What should we do now?"

Chen Tang pondered for a moment and said: "Go to the Sandaokou Hutong on Chang'an Street. After entering the alley, look for the fourth Tingyu Building. Go up to the second room upstairs, knock on the door, speak politely, and bow before the door. It is said outside that your son Xiao Shi is in danger. Go and rescue him immediately. Remember, don’t wait for the door to open inside. Open the door before talking, something could easily happen. Also, leave immediately after speaking and don’t meet the people living inside.”

Sun Yisheng was slightly startled: "Son?"

Chen Tang said: "Don't ask too much, just do it." Sun Yisheng took note and said: "Sir, what about you?"

Chen Tang continued to look through the documents in the eight warehouses and four warehouses of the household department, and said calmly: "I'll wait for a while and go to block Gongtian Fu Yin on the road." Sun Yisheng left in a hurry and went straight to the outer city. Not long after, he arrived at the third intersection of Chang'an Street. alley.

He found the location mentioned by Chen Tang, went upstairs to the second room, knocked on the door, and told what Chen Tang had said. A voice came from inside: "My son Xiao Shi? Haha, Chen Tang taught you what you said. ?」

Sun Yisheng didn't dare to speak, so he was about to go downstairs. At this time, the voice in the room behind him said lazily: "I'm not going." Sun Yisheng was stunned, his heart felt cold, and he lost his voice: "You're not going?"

"I won't go."

The voice in the room was very straightforward, saying, "My brother wants to take advantage of me, but how can I be plotted by him? I won't go." Sun Yisheng's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he hurried downstairs, thinking: "He won't go, If he doesn’t go...who else can Mr. Chen go to?”

After burning the incense, Chen Tang put down his pen, closed the document, washed the ink again, wiped his hands clean, and then walked out of the household department. A moment later, he happened to meet the motorcade of Governor Xia Jiuge.

"It turns out to be Mr. Chen Tangchen!"

Xia Jiuge's voice was quite surprised. He ordered someone to stop the car, opened the window, and said with a smile, "Mr. Chen, where are you going?" Chen Tang said, "Something is wrong in Guangjiku. I'm going to take a look."

Xia Jiuge said with a smile: "I also heard that something happened in Guangjiku. Several of my Gongtian Mansion's officers were captured in Guangjiku. I went to take a look. Since we are on the same journey, why don't you, Mr. Chen? Are you traveling with me?"

Chen Tang said happily: "It is better to obey orders than to be respectful."

Xia Jiuge asked him to get in the car, and the two sat in the carriage, their faces facing each other.

Xia Jiuge broke the silence and said with a smile: "At a young age, Mr. Chen served as the right assistant minister in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and he was an official of the third rank. Even if I am the Yin of Gongtian Prefecture, I am only of the third rank. Mr. Chen is not from a noble family, so he can do this. One step is really rare.

Chen Tang said: "It's not that Tang has any talent, but it's his responsibility. He can only be cautious and dare not slack off. The court saw that I am dedicated and diligent, so they appointed me as the right minister." .”

Chen Tang said: "I don't understand."

Xia Jiuge said leisurely: "Without wealth, no background, and not joining any aristocratic family, the third rank of official position is already the limit for everyone. To go further, you need the background of the thirteenth aristocratic family. Mr. Chen, you are of the highest rank. As a minister, you have reached the end of your career as an official.

Chen Tang looked at his nose and heart without saying anything.

Xia Jiuge looked out the window and said, "You should have asked someone to rescue the young master, right? You deliberately didn't go to Guangjiku first, just to wait for me here and delay for a moment so that the man who asked for help could do his best. Prepare. But Mr. Chen, have you ever thought that the target is not your son?"

Chen Tang raised his eyes, looked at him, and said, "I don't understand."

Xia Jiuge said calmly: "You are in charge of eight warehouses and four warehouses in the position of right minister. Among them are the dispatch of money, the dispatch of grain, grass and baggage, the dispatch of gunpowder and firearms, disaster relief and wages for the fifty provinces of Xiniu Xinzhou. I don't know how many people depend on you. You are alive, but you are too unsociable. You are like a nail nailed to the right servant's position and cannot be moved. If the tree dies, the man will live. If you don't move, I will have to move you."

He looked directly into Chen Tang's eyes and said: "You don't accept money or beauty. If you don't accept it, how will others accept it? How will the minister accept it? I don't know how many people are staring at your position, eager for you to get down."

He leaned back slightly and said, "My master, whether you live or die today depends on whether you can move your seat or not."

Chen Tang was silent for a moment and said: "The imperial court uses me because I have a bottom line. I am in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the money and food supply of the Ming Dynasty will not collapse. Therefore, the cabinet, Sangong, Sixth Department, Dongchang, Fifth Battalion, Shenji, Shenshu, They were all relieved. It was not their idea to move me.

He looked directly into Xia Jiuge's eyes and said softly: "Then, whose idea was it?

The two looked at each other for a moment, and Xia Jiuge smiled and said: "After you become the number one scholar, you will need to master money, food, grass, supplies, gunpowder and firearms." Chen Tang said: "Young master, you want me to give up the position of Right Minister of the Household Department?"

Xia Jiuge smiled slightly and said: "Young Master admires you very much. He said that you are a capable minister in governing the world. He is upright and will not touch you. But we think that you need to give up your seat. Mr. Chen, please give up your right servant. If you retire and return to your hometown, your son will leave Xijing safely and return to Xinxiang with you."

He looked out the window: "I don't have much time for you to think about it. Go to Guangjiku and get off the bus. If you don't move, you can collect the body." Chen Tang's face was as pale as an ancient well, and he didn't make any waves.

Finally, Gongtianfu's motorcade arrived outside Guangjiku and stopped.

Xia Jiuge looked at the motionless Chen Tang, raised his eyebrows, and said with a half-smile, "Sir Chen is indeed ruthless." He stood up, and Chen Tang stood up and came to him and said, "I will open the door for you."

Xia Jiuge made eye contact with him. Xia Jiuge snorted and stepped out of the carriage. Chen Tang got out of the car behind him and closed the door.

A group of officials from Gongtian Mansion came behind the two of them, as well as government officials. The soldiers came quickly and surrounded the gate of Guangjiku with murderous intent.

Outside the gate of Guangjiku, the fort was pushed out. A two-foot-long dragon-headed rocket was placed on the fort. Ma Zongzhou, Zhou Qianying and others rode on the rocket and were tied up. Many people were beaten to death, but The few who were awake were yelling curses, and some were begging for mercy.

During the treatment, Yan Qian was also beaten with a bruised nose and face. While he sternly scolded Ambassador Chen Shi for what he had done, he quietly gave a thumbs up to Xia Jiuge and others who were approaching.

Xia Jiuge glanced back at Chen Tang, his face suddenly turned cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Ambassador Guangjiku Chen Shi, you want me to come over and apologize to you. Do you know that you have violated the king's law and your crime cannot be forgiven?" "

Fu Cheng Gao Zhihuan took a step forward and shouted: "You are so bold, how dare you touch the imperial officials of Gongtian Mansion! These imperial officials came to collect the weapons of the errands with the handwriting of Fu Yin, but they were seriously injured by you. Hanging on a rocket! You are lawless!"

Zhizhong Yanqian shouted: "Sir, please save me!"

The officials of Gongtian Mansion came forward to take a closer look, and they were all surprised and said: "It's Master Yan Qian from Zhi Zhong!" "How come Master Yan Qian was beaten too?" "You have committed such a heinous crime, you dare to hang Master Yan Qian on a rocket!"

Gao Zhihuan was furious and said sternly: "Master Yangan of Zhizhong is a fifth-rank official. He came here to question him on the order of the governor. How dare you do this to him!" The officials in Gongtian Mansion were furious and shouted. , take down Chen Shi and punish him.

Chen Shi looked around and shouted: "What is the dog barking? Shut up!"

As soon as these words came out, even the governor Xia Jiuge was furious and said sternly: "Bandit, really a gangster! Come on, get him for me!" Sun Yisheng hurried over, walked quickly to Chen Tang's side, and gently He shook his head lightly and whispered: "Sir, the man in the room doesn't want to come."

Chen Tang was startled and looked at Xia Jiuge's back with a complicated expression. He hesitated and immediately walked towards Xia Jiuge.

All the government officials and soldiers of Gongtian Mansion formed their own formations, and they were about to surround them with murderous intent. Suddenly, they heard a sharp voice shouting: "Stop! Everyone stop!" Xia Jiuge, the governor, saw the person coming, and his heart was slightly shaken. He quickly stepped forward to greet me, bowed and said, "Brother, why are you here?"

The person who spoke was none other than Xia Canghai, the Minister of Rites, who was also the cabinet bachelor. He was the face of the Xia family in the court. He glanced at him coldly, walked quickly towards Chen Shi, and laughed and said: "Master Chen just arrived today. It occurred to me that such an unpleasant thing happened. This incident was originally a misunderstanding."

Xia Jiuge was stunned and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Brother, this person is lawless..."

Xia Canghai glanced back at him with a stern look, and his voice almost came out from between his teeth: "You bet on the young master, don't bet on the entire Xia family! Fu Yin, don't do it, go back!"

Xia Jiuge's head was buzzing, and his heart felt cold, but he saw Xia Canghai was smiling, not looking at him, but greeting Chen Shi, talking and laughing.

At this time, another cabinet minister came over and said with a laugh: "It's the first day that Mr. Chen took office. I came here in a hurry. I didn't buy any gifts. I came empty-handed. Please forgive me!"

Gao Zhihuan was surprised and happy, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, saying: "Brother, Chen Shi has committed a crime..."

Gao Quan walked towards Chen Shi with a smile on his face, and his gaze was extremely serious. Gao Zhihuan was shocked, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Gao Quan laughed loudly, held his hand to Chen Shi and said, "Congratulations, congratulations!"

Another cabinet minister, Yan Shuhe, also came over with a smile and congratulated Chen Shi on his new appointment. He didn't even look at Zhizhong Yangan who was tied to the rocket, and only exchanged greetings with Chen Shi. Sun Yisheng stared at this scene blankly. , walked to Chen Tang and whispered: "Sir, is Mr. Chen that young master?"

Chen Tang frowned: "He is my son, definitely not that young master."

Sun Yisheng murmured: "Then, why did Master Xiao Chen ask these cabinet ministers to come here to clear up the relationship between the major families?" Chen Tang was also extremely confused and said: "You have been to Xinxiang, do you know anything? , is something I don’t know about?”

Sun Yisheng shook his head and suddenly remembered something and said, "Old lady Wuzhu from Huangpo Village was very rude to him." Chen Tang said, "Old lady Wuzhu was not rude to anyone."

At this time, the three cabinet ministers finished their greetings and said goodbye to Chen Shi. They said repeatedly: "Master Chen, please stay here. There is no need to see him off." Chen Shi did not see him off.

Sun Yisheng whispered: "Sir, Mr. Chen's official position seems to be higher than that of your right minister!" Chen Tang snorted.

Xia Canghai walked towards Xia Jiuge, the governor, with a smile on his face and said softly: "My Xia family can support the young master, but we will not all support the young master, let alone offend another taboo. Jiuge, you are not young anymore, you should retire." Come back home."

Xia Jiuge lowered his head with tears in his eyes. He was in his prime and not old at all.
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