The next morning, when he went to the Yamen of the Ministry of War, Liu Daxia remembered what happened last night and casually chatted with his minister. He didn't need to ask about such matters. His family went to Shuntian Mansion to report to the Ministry of War.
No matter how simple it is, it is still the home of a minister. If a thief breaks in for no reason, he is not afraid that the officials of Shuntian Mansion will not investigate and deal with it.
The minister also smiled and chatted with him for a few words. However, it was obvious that the minister was not concerned about trivial matters such as whether there was a thief in Shangshu's house. He was more concerned about the fact that Xichang had been hunting down cult monsters all over the city in the past few days.
, without saying a few words, he changed the topic to this aspect.
"Master Shangshu, I heard that the Royal Horse Supervisor is about to change his hands after Zhang Yong, Eunuch Zhang, becomes the governor of the West Factory. I don't know who your Majesty likes this time. Among these officials, he is only inferior to Eunuch Liu.
Yes, I’m afraid it’s just this father-in-law. At least he still knows the military affairs and won’t act recklessly! If it’s someone else who is ignorant, it will make things difficult for us!”
Liu Daxia was a little displeased. If you said you wanted to change the subject, you would change the subject. It's not good to talk about your own affairs. You have to worry about this.
"Those of us who are ministers, it is best not to talk about the affairs of the Tian family. Your Majesty has his own considerations. Whether the Royal Horse Supervisor should be replaced by a eunuch with a palm seal has nothing to do with our Ministry of War. Is it possible that they changed the palm print?
Eunuch, why don’t you obey our yamen’s instructions and take the exam?”
"That's right, that's right!" The waiter smiled, not a little embarrassed. Liu Daxia never talked to him like this on weekdays. He probably didn't sleep well last night, so his tone was just bad.
Some.
After drinking a few cups of tea, reading a few indifferent files, and then looking around in several staff departments, Liu Daxia decided to leave the Ministry of War. It’s not that he was not diligent, it was really the Ministry of War’s affairs, that’s all.
Of course, for the entire court, the less things the Ministry of War has to do, the better. If the people in the Ministry of War are too busy to beat the others, then for the Ming court, it will be a series of military disasters.
The sedan is our own four-carriage sedan. The carriers are also a few old family members who are familiar with the sedan. The people walking next to the sedan are his old housekeepers for many years. There are no ceremonial guards, street cleaning, or flags. Sometimes I meet them.
For his favorite snacks, he would get off the sedan chair on the street and try something new. This was almost always the case for him over the years.
Being an official is selfless, he often told his family, personal grudges do not exist for a person who serves the court and the people with a public heart. Of course, he did not expect that his behavior would give too many
The officer who was heavily escorted in and out said loudly, but even if he thought about it, with his stubborn character, nothing would change.
Still following the familiar streets, his sedan chair swayed towards the Liu Mansion. Following the words of his servant in the morning, he opened the sedan curtain from time to time and took a look. As expected,
None of the monks who were begging for alms that I saw from time to time on the streets could no longer be seen. Even the wandering Taoist priests and local doctors who walked through the streets holding cloth banners that "cure all diseases" could no longer be seen.
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"It's long past time to clean up and clean up!" He put down the sedan curtain and muttered to himself. This kind of thing should be considered a good thing, but why did he always feel that something was awkward?
After sitting in the sedan chair and thinking for a while, he finally realized what was wrong with this.
The yamen in charge of this kind of thing should be Shuntian Mansion. Why would Xichang interfere in this kind of thing? This is too inconsistent.
There was a lot of people outside, and the sedan suddenly stopped. Sitting in the sedan, he leaned forward suddenly, and his forehead almost hit the curtain rod of the sedan.
"What's going on?" He asked with a steady face looking out.
"Go back to the master, something seems to have happened up front. Passers-by are scattering in fright!" The old housekeeper's somewhat urgent voice came from outside the sedan.
In broad daylight, on the long streets of the capital, passers-by were frightened and dispersed. Was it the dandy from that family who had been released again? Liu Daxia's mind changed slightly and he made such an inference. This kind of prince's son was riding down the street.
He had encountered this thing several times before.
"Ignore him and keep walking!" He made up his mind. If this was really the case, he would not be afraid of being a bad person and discipline them for their parents.
"No! Protect the master!" The housekeeper outside seemed to have seen something and shouted in panic. At the same time, Liu Daxia also heard the chaotic footsteps of his bearers.
He opened the sedan curtain with some confusion. Before he could see the scene outside, he saw a flash of white light in front of his eyes. The entire sedan curtain, along with a few strands of white hair on his forehead, were all cut open by a sharp blade.
The white clothes outside the sedan were flowing elegantly, and a figure had already passed in front of him.
A group of soldiers rushed over from behind with weapons in hand, obviously chasing the figure floating in front of the sedan. The old housekeeper beside him shouted something loudly, and then, soldiers quickly surrounded the sedan and the sedan.
Protect everyone around you.
"The assassin ran over there!" The old housekeeper was very excited and shouted loudly.
"Assassin?" Liu Daxia touched his forehead. There seemed to be a faint chill there? Am I being assassinated? Why did these officers and soldiers come so fast?"
"If you don't want to catch the assassin, do you know who my master is? Are you from that yamen?" The old housekeeper was still whining, and Liu Daxia's deep voice came from behind: "That's enough, Ah Fu, stop talking!"
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The old housekeeper turned around and saw his master walking out of the sedan with a livid face: "Let's go, don't delay others' errands. You are not here for me now!"
"How can that be done, sir? The assassin has used a knife on you. Look at this sedan and your head. I don't know which general of these soldiers took out the food and wine bags. The capital has been destroyed by these gangs.
Useless guys make a mess..."
"Okay!" Liu Daxia cast his eyes on the general leading the team: "I'm Liu Daxia from the Ministry of War, which yamen are you from? What happened just now!?"
"Back to your lord!" The general's face turned pale, and he obviously knew what the words "Liu Daxia" of the Ministry of War meant: "I am from the Military and Horse Department. Just now, I and my brothers were arresting the traitors of the evil cult. The thieves were panicking and disturbed your lord.
It’s really dereliction of duty!”
"Then why don't you go after the thief and stand here waiting for me to reward you with the money?" Liu Daxia glared at him: "The thief just stabbed me casually. You are so frightened. If the thief really wanted to assassinate me, I would have died long ago.
How many times, get out!"
The soldiers scurried away. Liu Daxia looked at his old housekeeper. The old housekeeper was still muttering: Let's not let anyone go through this day. There are burglars in the house at night, and during the day there are madmen running around the streets with knives.
There is no way to live in this capital!
Seeing Liu Daxia looking at him, he looked at the bare sedan and came to his senses: "Master, why don't you wait a moment, this sedan can't be sat on, I'll rent a sedan for the master to ride on my behalf!"
"No need, just keep walking like this!" Liu Daxia shook his head.
"Shall we go back home?" the old housekeeper asked.
"No, go to Shuntian Mansion!" Liu Daxia gritted his teeth, "I want to ask how this Shuntian Mansion Yin manages the capital, so that now when the court officials go out on the street, they have to be wary of someone holding a knife in front of their necks.