In the next few days, Xiao Feng was preparing to take up his post in Jiangnan.
Originally, it was quite a simple matter. Xiao Feng had Yu Dayou by his side, and the imperial court had soldiers assigned to the governor, so safety was not a problem.
But as Princess Chang An had to follow her, the matter suddenly became very complicated.
Princess Chang An had to bring her maids, and one person who entered the painting obviously couldn't serve her. At first, she only brought the painting with her to the Xiao Mansion, because there were many women in the Xiao Mansion who could help.
Therefore, Princess Chang An's main maids are indispensable. However, she is picky by nature. She usually looks down on other maids. She picks and chooses, and is always dissatisfied.
Jiajing was also worried about his daughter's safety. After all, although there were many guards, there were too few people who could protect her personally. Therefore, he thought of An Qingyue and recruited An Qingyue to be the princess's guard again.
An Qingyue was originally focused on preparing for the wedding, because Xiao Feng had officially replied to Mrs. An: Zhang Wuxin's ability was no problem! So Mrs. An helped An Qingyue convince An Sizheng.
The method of persuasion was also very simple. Mrs. An didn’t even use the rationale and told An Sizheng simply and rudely: The second boy born will be named An!
An Si was thinking about Xiao Feng's terror, then his daughter's persistence, and then his future grandson. He gave up the idea of resisting and started checking the auspicious days of the zodiac instead.
Unexpectedly, Jiajing's transfer order disrupted An Qingyue's arrangements. However, it was impossible to disobey the sacred order, so An Qingyue had no choice but to accept the order with a pout, and did not give her a good look when she went to see Princess Chang'an.
Who is Princess Chang An? She pulled Sister An Qingyue and shouted at her, shedding a few tears and coughing twice.
"The bones of my body
, I don’t know if I can come back after going out this time. It’s considered a trip to the capital before I die. It’s not a waste of time to come to this world.
It's just my sister. I'm afraid that when you and Brother Zhang get married, I won't be able to be there to congratulate you. This bracelet is my favorite, so I gave it to you as a congratulatory gift. Please keep it in mind..."
As a result, An Qingyue was still crying when she told Xiao Feng: "Chang An is really very good, she is very pitiful, you must cure her!"
Xiao Feng looked at An Qingyue speechlessly. This girl had obviously been drunk by the green tea. She had completely forgotten about postponing the marriage and wanted to leave immediately behind Chang An's back.
Since An Qingyue is going, whether Zhang Wuxin wants to go with him has become a big question.
Xiao Feng knew that there would be a big battle when he arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, and manpower would be necessary. But if Zhang Wuxin also left, there would be no masters in the Xiao family.
Zhan Yu cannot live in the Xiao Mansion every day. Even if Prince Yu wants to do so, Xiao Feng will not allow it. He is now the governor of Jiangnan, and he has a high and powerful position. He cannot be biased in his interactions with the prince.
There was another layer of thought, Xiao Feng only secretly told Zhan Yu: I am not in the capital, you must protect King Yu, and be more attentive than usual.
Zhan Yu was surprised and uncertain: "Are you saying that someone would directly attack King Yu? No, who would dare to do this?"
No wonder Zhan Yu is so surprised. Although the forces behind the two princes have been fighting endlessly over the years, they are all political means. It is unprecedented for them to dare to attack the prince directly!
Xiao Feng shook his head: "I'm not sure, I just have a feeling that this assassination of my Xiao Mansion, thinking about it afterwards, was a bit hasty.
It stands to reason that both Xiao Qin and Yan Shifan are thoughtful people and should not act in such a hurry unless there is another purpose."
After much deliberation, Xiao Feng finally settled on Zhan Feiyun. He was different from Zhan Yu, and even different from Lao Wang.
The actual status of the head arrest officer in the Ministry of Punishment is not low, but in the final analysis he is not a high-ranking official, but still a civil servant.
Generally, the status and treatment of a county government head catcher is equivalent to the ninth rank, a prefectural government catcher is equivalent to the eighth rank, and the Shuntian mansion head catcher is half a rank higher, equivalent to the seventh rank.
The head catchers of the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple are half a level higher, equivalent to the level of a seventh-grade official. Although they are only equivalent, they are recognized by the court, so there is nothing wrong with calling themselves "officials" sometimes.
This is the interesting part. In terms of rank, Lao Wang next door is a dignified sixth-grade official, one level higher than Zhan Feiyun, but in terms of actual influence, Lao Wang may not be as big as Zhan Feiyun.
In any case, Zhan Feiyun's status as a headhunter means that he has no problem living in Xiao Feng's house. Unlike Lao Wang, Zhan Feiyun is renting a house.
As a landlord, since Xiao Feng can rent to Qi Jiguang, he can also rent to Zhan Feiyun. No one can find anything wrong with this matter.
Zhan Feiyun got a free house to live in, and was very excited: "Mr. Xiao, don't worry, if a thief really dares to come, unless Zhan dies, he will never let everyone in your house lose a hair!"
Xiao Feng patted Zhan Feiyun on the shoulder and said earnestly: "Captain Zhan, I have taken Zhang Wuxin and An Qingyue away, and the safety of our family depends on you.
There is one more thing I want to ask of you. We are currently short of a coach in WTO View. We only have Zhan Yu. Please take the time to teach more.
teach.
At home, Zhang Yunqing and Wang Yingxiang both want to learn martial arts. I originally planned to let Zhang Wuxin teach them, but now I can only do the hard work for you."
Zhan Feiyun scratched his head: "My lord's instructions are obligatory, but the kung fu I practice is of the Shaolin lineage. I'm afraid it's not particularly suitable for girls to practice."
Xiao Feng smiled: "There is also Zhan Yu. He will also come to teach. Then they can learn from whomever they like."
In order to allow Xiao Feng to set off with peace of mind, Lu Yi and Shen Lian led the Jin Yiwei to conduct a large-scale inspection operation throughout the city, requiring the people in the capital to have three years of joint security.
The so-called joint guarantee means that you must have at least two neighbors to prove that you are a good citizen and have been a good citizen for three years. If you are employed, the boss of the workplace must also prove that you are a good citizen.
This trick is extremely effective against refugees who come to Beijing temporarily. It is also extremely lethal against people who have not been hiding for a long time and live in seclusion with special purposes.
In just a few days, three White Lotus cultists were caught, and many others had run away long ago when they heard the news. Although there were few big fish in this net, there were many shrimps.
A large number of petty thieves who committed crimes, people who kidnapped people for sex, and drug dealers who sold Paradise Pills and its alternative drugs were arrested, and the prisons in various departments almost burst.
Not only the Jinyiwei and other legal departments are extremely busy, but Chunyan Tower is also very busy.
About half of the girls in Baihua Tower thought of Chunyan Tower continuing to work in the entertainment industry. This may sound unbelievable, but it is actually full of bitterness.
At this time, unlike later generations, people laugh at poverty but not at prostitution. In bars, hair salons, under street lights; Dongguan, Magic City, Sanlitun, you can still find an honest man after gambling your youth for tomorrow.
People take over.
Not to mention that Baihua Building is also considered a famous building in the capital, even if the ordinary hook-and-rail secret door is not that famous, it is basically impossible for girls to come out and live a normal life.
But it is difficult to be a rich man's concubine and a poor man's wife, and it is also difficult to change her career, unless she sells tofu.
Therefore, except for a few girls who still have families to return to, some of the remaining girls chose to enter the world view, earn their own living, and live a pure life, while the rest went to Chunyan Tower.
Xiao Feng did not interfere, but just told Yan Niang that the girls in Baihua House had a hard time before, so let the girls in Chunyan House give in to trivial matters and don't worry about it.
Yan Niang waved her handkerchief and said, "What are you fussing over? If you want to talk about fussing, only the maids sweeping the floor and pouring water in the building and making beds and quilts are fussy about it, for fear of losing their jobs.
Those girls not only clean their own house, but also compete to clean every place in the building. If I don't let them do it, they cry."
Xiao Feng frowned: "Why are you crying?"
Yan Niang sighed: "They said that when we were in Baihua House, if the flower slave suddenly stopped letting someone work, that person would have to receive powerful guests at night, and he would have to shed his skin even if he died."
Xiao Feng closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "Take your time, it will be better as long as your heart is not dead, no matter how deep the wound is, it will heal one day."
Yan Niang nodded and whispered to Xiao Feng: "Eunuch Chen came to see me yesterday and said that some eunuchs who did not deal with him, especially those who had a good relationship with Party Yan, were secretly spreading rumors about the Secretary of Ceremonies.
There’s something wrong with the account books.”
Xiao Feng nodded slowly: "Go and send a message to Eunuch Chen. Tell him that it's time."
Yan Niang was surprised
She glanced at Xiao Feng, but didn't dare to ask anything. She nodded silently and left. Xiao Feng stopped her again.
"Some things have to be done. I don't know how long it will take me to leave. I'm worried that you won't be able to hold on while I'm away..."
Yan Niang's face turned red, followed by her eye circles: Mr. Xiao, he still cares about me, although he hasn't spoken to me much during this time...
Wait, what do you mean, what does he want to do with me? He also said that he was worried that I wouldn’t be able to keep him if he was gone for a long time!
I... I have already tasted the slightest bit of Zhu Chun Wan Ke, what else can I hold on to? Mr. Xiao, I think you can’t hold on anymore...
It was getting dark, and lanterns were hung in front of Chunyan Tower.
Originally, Yan Niang planned to let the girls from Baihua Tower rest for a while before taking up their duties, but after hearing the sisters from Chun Yan Tower introduce the guests here, these girls all asked for a fight.
Because they heard that the guests here are very polite, and the most rude thing is to slap the girl when they lose their temper.
Moreover, Chunyan Tower has a rule: if the girl can still keep smiling at this time, she will win the best service award!
If the girls are unwilling to be wronged, they can ask Yan Niang to give up their services, and Yan Niang will never force the girls to continue working.
Because the girls were very enthusiastic about asking for competition, and there were quite a few with excellent conditions, Yan Niang had to rearrange the number of lanterns.
Miss Huo was standing on the second floor, eating melon seeds, and suddenly realized that her lantern was not hanging up!
The fire girl got angry, threw down the melon seeds, leaned on the railing and shouted downstairs: "Mom, mom, what's going on? When the new girl comes, can't I even keep the lantern?"
Yan Niang smiled and walked up to her buttocks
He pinched me hard and said, "What a fool you are! I didn't hang up your lantern because someone ordered you out of the building tonight!"
Get out of the building! This is a status symbol. Generally, only girls with red cards have this treatment. Because with the delivery fee, the price will be doubled according to the highest competition price in the building!
Most people don't order takeout so extravagantly. The previous record holder for ordering the most takeout in Beijing was Tan Xinren. After all, he is half a boss, and he gets rebates for his orders.
Moreover, most of the takeaways he ordered were ordered for others. Although he paid for them, the delivery address was basically not his home.
As soon as they heard that someone was ordering takeout, several red-brand girls became energetic and gathered around to congratulate Miss Huo. Miss Huo was also very proud, she stood up to everyone, waved her sleeves and left with the old car in a high-spirited manner.
Miss Shui asked Yanniang while she was busy helping Yanniang hang up the lanterns.
"Which scapegoat is so rich that he would rush out of the building as soon as the ban is lifted?
Moreover, the ones who came out of the building in the past were the ones looking for Huo'er the least. Even Hua'er went out more than she did when she was there.
It’s not that she’s not beautiful, it’s just that she has all the things she needs to do with her skills in her own room, so it’s hard to take them out of the building.”
Yan Niang replied while busy: "The owner is not a poor man, he just threw away a hundred taels of silver! The person who ordered the order is really special, you will never guess it!"
Miss Shui pursed her lips and smiled: "Mom, don't be so pretentious. Tell me, who likes our Huo'er so much? Maybe he can redeem himself for Huo'er in the future."
Yan Niang sighed: "That is absolutely impossible, this person is the number one scholar in this subject
Tang Ruji, it's just that the address he sent Hua'er to was a bit too bad, it was in Mule Alley, Roushi Street.
You said, how come the top scholar lives in such a place with dense fences? It seems that this Tang Ruji is not a gentleman, hahaha."
With a "pop" sound, the lantern fell to the ground. Miss Yun, who was standing next to her, turned pale and grabbed Yan Niang's arm.
"Who are you talking about? Tang Ruji? Where to send it? Meat Market Street? Mule Alley? Which yard is it? Do you know which yard it is? Tell me!"
Yan Niang was startled by Miss Yun and quickly pulled her hand away: "It hurts so much. What's wrong with you? It's the third yard!"
Miss Yun threw down the lantern, turned around and ran out of the building. Niang Yan took a step forward to chase her. Miss Yun turned around and forced a smile at Niang Yan.
"Mom, I suddenly remembered that I have to go out for something. I won't hang up my lantern for today. If I come back soon, it won't be too late to hang it up again."
After saying that, without waiting for Yan Niang's reply, she quickly walked to the shadow. Yan Niang and Miss Shui ran out of the door of the building, only to see that the shadow was empty and there was no one around.
Miss Shui murmured in surprise: "Yun'er usually walks very lightly, but she runs really fast now. What's the matter with her?"
A trace of sadness flashed in Yan Niang's eyes, and she looked dreamily into the distance. After a long time, she took Miss Shui's hand and walked slowly back to Chun Yan Tower.
Miss Yun ran wildly in the alley, her speed was extremely fast, just like a cloud floating in the dark, light and silent.
She didn't dare to walk on the main road, she only dared to shuttle in the alleys, avoiding the soldiers and guards on night patrols, jumping up on the wall from time to time to look into the distance, and after confirming the direction, she jumped down and continued her madness.
Run.
At this time, Chunyanlou's carriage had stopped at the door of Courtyard No. 3. The curtain of the old carriage was raised, and Miss Huo was getting out of the carriage.
There was only a lantern lit at the door of Courtyard No. 3. The courtyard was not small and looked a bit eerie. Miss Huo frowned and raised her hand to knock on the door.
Suddenly a hand grabbed her arm, and Miss Huo was so frightened that she almost screamed, but a hand covered her mouth and she couldn't make a sound.
Lao Che thought someone was about to rob him, so he immediately picked up the wooden stick placed on the shaft of the car and was about to swing it. As a result, a hand grabbed his neck, and he suddenly became weak and the wooden stick in his hand dropped.