The snow has stopped for a long time, and the snow on the Dan steps outside Qianqing Palace has even begun to melt.
But the ministers who walked out of Qianqing Palace felt that the style outside was extremely harsh.
I don't know whether it was because they suddenly came out of the warm spring palace and encountered a cold wind, or because they were so pampered and unaccustomed to such a cold wind.
Xia Shu, the Minister of Punishment, Yang Jing, the Minister of Dali Temple, and Zhang Zhen, the Minister of Household Affairs, looked at each other, shook their heads and sighed, and went their separate ways. Bao Zhao, on the other hand, had his eyes shining brightly, and his whole body was full of fighting spirit.
He was about to move forward when he suddenly turned around and looked back at He Guangyi, "Why don't you just leave?"
Behind him, He Guangyi and Li Jinglong were lowering their heads and whispering.
Hearing this, both of them were stunned, and said to themselves at the same time, "Don't you have any eyesight like this? We two brothers are obviously not on the same page as you. We are talking about some personal matters here. If you don't want to go with you, then you can Can’t you see it?”
He Guangyi didn't want to be as smooth-minded as Li Jinglong, and said expressionlessly, "Master Bao, go away, I have something going on here!"
Bao Zhao looked at him, then at Li Jinglong, and while he was about to speak, Yang Jing reached out and pulled him over.
As he walked away, he whispered to Yang Jing, "What do you think they are whispering about?"
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In fact, Li Jinglong and He Guangyi didn't say anything, they just chatted casually.
The reason why the two of them were chatting was to wait for the civil servants to go away before they could talk about the main topic.
Seeing the civil servants walking away, the two of them walked out side by side.
"How is your family?" Li Jinglong asked.
"Not bad!" He Guangyi said, "What about you?"
"It's not bad!" Li Jinglong said while looking at the sky, "I have some good tea from Yunnan at home. You can send someone to get some later. It's not that good, it's just a novelty to drink!"
"Nothing's wrong today, you go back to your house first and take a look!" He Guangyi said, "Starting from tomorrow, I'll be busy with some work!"
These words made Li Jinglong curl his lips and sigh secretly.
"Look, what he said is to tell me that the emperor has asked you, Mr. Cao Guo, to co-organize the affairs. Don't hide away from big and small matters. We, the Jinyi Guards, will do the killings, but I, He Guangyi, can't do things that offend others alone. Carry it!"
Li Jinglong cursed in his heart, but the expression on his face remained unchanged, "What do I have to do? Isn't it our duty as ministers to share your worries for you? Besides, I'm only co-organizer, you are the ones who will suffer."
The implication is, I'll just keep an eye on you, arrest people and kill them, don't get my blood on them.
"Hey, the Jinyiwei sounds nice but they are actually doing the hard work. You have to be the one to check it. Who makes you the Duke of Honor and a relative of the royal family?"
He Guangyi's teasing words were like telling Li Jinglong clearly, don't even try to hide, it's your business and you can't run away at all.
"Hey!" Li Jinglong also sighed with a wry smile, "Identity can be a burden sometimes. We two brothers don't know each other, so I can tell you from the bottom of my heart. If this matter is such a big deal, if you don't keep it safe, some people will take my route!"
He Guangyi suddenly stopped talking. He stood still and stared at Li Jinglong without blocking his words. He sneered, "You want to be a celebrity?"
Li Jinglong pointed to his face, "Do you think this is a red face? My fucking gall is broken and my face is green!"
"Ha!" He Guangyi grinned.
In fact, both of them had pains in their hearts that they couldn't express, let alone talk to others.
The two of them continued to walk side by side, and Li Jinglong spoke first, "Hey, I'm serious. I think you are high-status and popular, but in fact it's all about the situation. What should you do?"
What he said was ironic, and the converse meaning is that if any of the people you arrest really involve me, you have to take care of me.
He Guangyi thought for a moment and said, "With your words, I feel reassured!" As he said this, he thought about it and said, "You haven't read the file yet! If you say they are damned enough, they dare to make any money.
He even dared to sell private tea. I was in a cold sweat when I saw it. Several old princes had tea gardens in Yunnan. Fortunately, they were not involved!"
The backing was for Li Jinglong, and the tea leaves were even more for Li Jinglong, because Li Jinglong talked about the tea leaves at the beginning. No other princes were involved. He just told Li Jinglong that your tea garden in Yunnan had something to do with this matter.
Otherwise, where would the tea you sell every year go? But I will definitely hold it down for you. You owe me a favor.
"Xiao He is still better than that bastard castrated dog after all. He knows how to give me, an old senior, some face!"
Li Jinglong felt at ease and said with a smile, "Man, my ancestors would dare to sell it just for the sake of money!"
"After all, it's not the right path. If you spend the money you get from a good job, you will have more regrets when you find the debt!" He Guangyi said.
These words immediately made Li Jinglong feel uncomfortable again.
What do you mean? Someone will come after me to blame? Who? You, He Guangyi, or someone else?
The two of them laughed at the same time and continued walking in silence for a while.
As we walked, the palace gate was right in front of us.
"Speaking of which, you are not easy to be the co-organizing minister. It's so offensive!"
The two of them stopped in front of the palace gate at the same time. He Guangyi said tacitly first, "Look at the civil servants in the palace just now, who were arguing with Long Live Lord about whether torture should be used! What will happen to this matter in the future?
Sometimes I would dig it out again and make the Long Live Master unhappy!"
"Are you a nerd? You know how to shout!" Li Jinglong looked around, "We ministers just treat them as farts. Everything should be based on what Long live the Lord said. It's not a day or two since they have hated you, and you are not bad either.
This time." As he spoke, Li Jinglong clasped his hands and laughed, "Besides, won't I be with you this time?"
He Guangyi's subtext is that this time I killed someone so brutally that those civil servants dare not speak now and will definitely find fault in the future.
Li Jinglong was telling him that if I can help you, I will help you, and if I can't help you, I will say good things to Lord Long Live.
After everything that needed to be said was said, the two of them smiled tacitly again.
He Guangyi cupped his hands and said, "My lord, the Zhenfu Department needs to make preparations. I have to go take a look at the work!"
"Business about you! Say hello if you have anything to do later!" Li Jinglong also cupped his hands and said with a smile.
"Hey, that's not right!" He Guangyi was about to turn around when he suddenly remembered something, "Why didn't you see Xin Yande?"
"Long live the Lord to keep it!" Li Jinglong said with a smile, "I guess I got a kick out of it!"
This is irony. They are all Zhu Yunxi's confidants. They know that the more the emperor values a person, the more he likes to talk to him alone. Among the officials of the Ming Dynasty, if anyone is summoned by the emperor alone, he is not far away from being promoted.
"Yes!" He Guangyi smiled bitterly, "I need more dads on my head!"
Xin Yande was the supervisory censor and could justifiably keep an eye on them, and he was against the use of severe punishment.
"Be more careful with your writing. Show him what should be shown to him, and let him listen to what should be listened to!" Li Jinglong said with a smile.
"Farewell!" He Guangyi handed over his hands, and then walked out without looking back. As soon as he left the palace gate, a guard in imperial robes led his horse over, mounted his horse and rode away.
Li Jinglong stood there and sighed silently.
Then he slowly walked out of the palace gate with his hands behind his back, somewhat lonely.
"My lord, are you going back now?" In the guard room at the entrance of the palace, a familiar guard greeted him warmly, and asked someone to bring the war horse, "It's such a cold day, you need to keep warm when you go home!"
Li Jinglong smiled and agreed, "Yes, it's so cold today!"
He did not mount the horse, but held the reins and continued walking. It seemed that he was going home, but in fact he was wandering aimlessly.
At this moment, he didn't want to go home at all, he just wanted to find a place to vent his bad luck, anger and resentment.
"Fuck Tingtao Academy!"
After making up his mind, he got on his horse and galloped down the street without caring about the people on the street.
Tingtao Academy is a newly opened elegant place in the capital three streets away.
It is said that the master of the academy was a master of calligraphy, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and he recited poems and wrote poems that would not show mercy to women.
Rich men are fools, and they like to do things that favor women the most, and the less skillful they are, the more they favor women. After two visits, Tingtao Academy has gained a great reputation in the capital.
Li Jinglong went there quietly once and spent thirty yuan. He didn't even touch it. He just drank two glasses of wine and sang songs while going through the motions, leaving a lingering fragrance that lingered around him for three days.