Chang'an City.
Tai Chi Palace.
The courtyard of the Ouchi Guard Office occupies a large area, almost occupying one-sixth of the Tai Chi Palace. This is a separate large courtyard, next to the Prince's East Palace. The current emperor has not established a crown prince in the heyday of Spring and Autumn, so the East Palace is still idle. The compound of the Ouchi Guard Office is divided into two parts, the front is where the guards live and the guard office yamen. The back is where the Qing Ya is located. There is no plaque, and people who don't know it can't tell the difference between this place and the front yard.
It's not a person with background, and he can't see the subtle difference in the flying fish robes of the Qingya guards and Ouchi guards.
There is a small garden in the backyard, and the most eye-catching thing is the rockery engraved with the four big red characters of Tiangongwanwu. It is said that this stone was transported from the south of the Yangtze River, and the manpower and material resources consumed are estimated to be able to arm two thousand people to the teeth. Originally, this big stone should be placed in the imperial garden, but the first emperor didn't like the shape of the stone, so he moved it to the backyard of the Ouchi guards.
The reason why this stone is eye-catching is that it is very large and has a strange shape. It looks like a statue of a reclining cow from a distance.
Second, there is often a huge white sea dongqing resting on the top of the reclining cow.
There are three hundred and six feathered insects in the world, and Hai Dongqing is the most handsome.
This was the meeting gift given to the Emperor of the Great Sui by himself when Meng Ge, the Emperor of the Yuan Empire, and Yang Yi, the Emperor of the Great Sui, met in the northwest. After that meeting with Meng Ge, His Majesty the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty once said that he had two gains from this trip. The first is to open trade in the border city of Fangu, so that the herdsmen of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties can do business with the people of the Sui Dynasty. The second is to get this Haidongqing who is known as the most handsome feather worm.
This white Haidongqing is half a person tall, and its wingspan is even more astonishingly large. It can easily carry a calf up into the air, and its viciousness is terrifying.
It's just a pity that although the emperor of the Sui Dynasty liked this Costin, he didn't come to see it often. If this bird of prey was not given by the Great Khan of the Mongol Yuan Empire, but offered by the people of the Great Sui Dynasty, the treatment would be very different.
This sea dongqing has been raised by Hou Wenji all the time.
Boiling eagles to train dogs, the former is more difficult than the latter and takes a lot of effort. While it's hard to get a mastiff ferocious enough to split a wolf, it's not too rare after all.
It took a lot of hard work for Hou Wenji to train this sea dongqing.
The division of labor in Qingya is fine, and Hou Wenji doesn't need to worry about everything. So whenever he was free, he would take this Hai Dongqing out to hunt, and he would go there for three to five days.
When he has nothing to do, Hou Wenji also likes to put some goats and hares in the backyard of Qingya to hunt and kill the loyal dog named Haidongqing by the emperor. A Haidongqing was given the name of a servant dog, the meaning of which is self-evident.
It's just that Hai Dongqing's temper is also arrogant, and he doesn't look down on ordinary prey at all.
Therefore, when Zhuo Buyi walked into the backyard of Qingya with Zhu Xiaohua, the Haidongqing cheered up immediately, and if it hadn't been for Hou Wenji to stop it, it would have dared to come down and fight with Zhu Xiaohua. Zhu Xiaohua, who had been looking a little lost all the way back to the imperial capital, also regained her spirits the moment she saw the maidservant dog. These two guys who belong to the strong in nature are not pleasing to anyone.
But obviously, if they really wanted to fight, Zhu Xiaohua would definitely suffer.
"It's a nice pig."
When Hou Wenji saw Zhu Xiaohua, he couldn't help being taken aback, then smiled and said: "Such a big wild boar must be king in the mountains and forests, but you just brought it to the imperial capital, so don't be afraid." If it gets so stuffy, it loses its due vigor and wildness?"
Zhuo Buyi walked up to Hou Wenji and stopped, pointed to the small forest not far away and said to Zhu Xiaohua: "The rocks are the territory of the bird, and the forest is your territory. Although it is not big, it is barely enough for you." Settle down. Later, I will invite Your Majesty to let you live in the Ten Thousand Beast Garden in the Imperial Garden, and you will still be the overlord when you arrive."
He spoke seriously, as if Zhu Xiaohua could really understand.
In fact, Zhu Xiaohua did grunt a few times aggrieved, then walked into the garden with a radius of only 100 meters and lay down, fell asleep.
"A trip out of Beijing, is there any gain?"
Hou Wenji asked.
Zhuo Buyi pouted at Zhu Xiaohua.
Hou Wenji laughed happily.
"Is that boy arranged at the station?"
he asked again.
Zhuo Buyi shook his head and said: "No, he still has to wait for a few of his friends to enter the city together, and then he lives in a town outside the city. He will come in after three to five days. I left a piece of love office Give him the sign, and there will be no difficulty when entering the city."
He paused for a moment, looked at Hou Wenji and asked, "Gao Tianbao is dead, and there is a seat for a thousand households vacant, and I want to fill it with someone."
"good."
Hou Wenji nodded without even asking who this person was.
"My adopted sister, it's rare to see... She's the same type as me."
Zhuo Buyi said seriously.
"One woman, one pig."
Hou Wenji smiled and said: "You have gained a lot in this line of work."
"More than..."
Zhuo Buyi looked at the sea dongqing on the rock and said, "That young scout of the Fan Gu frontier army is a man who can be made. So I bet on him. If there is no accident, he will be able to take risks within a year." If you are in the early stage, you can barely enter the court within three years. You can enter the imperial court within five years... What our love office seems to lack is an ally in the imperial court."
"Qingya has never needed to be friends with courtiers."
Hou Wenji turned his head to look at Zhuo Buyi and said solemnly: "Because His Majesty does not allow it."
"I know."
Zhuo Buyi said with erratic eyes, "But this guy is really interesting. Ten years later... maybe he will be the second Luo Yao."
Hou Wenji's face changed slightly, then he nodded and said: "Then I will remember to remind Your Majesty that the frontier soldier has arrived in the imperial capital. You tell that kid, let him be ready at all times... as long as he can face the saint, he is no longer a real waste, After all, there will be a good future. Let’s push him up now, no matter whether he climbs higher or falls to his death in the future, it will be beneficial.”
Zhuo Buyi nodded, but remained silent.
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Ministry of War.
I don't know why, since Yu Donglai, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was demoted to be a servant. This big man who seems to be punished but still has a very important position in the court likes to lock himself in the study of the Ministry of War. No matter day or night, the thick black curtains in the study are closed.
So no matter who it is, walking into this study room will give birth to a sense of depression.
Yu Donglai, who gave away seven heads with his own hands a while ago, has become more and more reticent these days, and usually has a gloomy face. The officials of the Ministry of War, whether they were old men or new recruits, didn't even dare to smile in front of Yu Donglai. Everyone felt that Mr. Yu was really unhappy this time, but they didn't know that he was really showing off.
After all, sending out seven heads would offend many people. Although Yu Donglai wasn't afraid, he didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble either. You have to know who is an official in the imperial capital, which one has no background behind him
Looking at the thin sheets of paper on the table, Yu Donglai frowned slightly.
These few pieces of paper clearly wrote down what Fang Jie had done during the past three years in Fan Gu. Although it is not comprehensive, it is not easy to check it so carefully even if it is thousands of miles away.
"Eagle."
Yu Donglai called softly.
The black-robed man who had been standing respectfully not far in front of him immediately responded: "What are your orders?"
This is a man in his thirties, tall and slender, and his biggest feature is that he is thin. Although he is wearing a big black robe, it doesn't make him look plump at all. Because the robe was so fat and he was so thin, he looked a little funny. It's like hanging a piece of cloth banner on a bamboo pole, it's still a gloomy summoning banner.
The man had a thin body and an even thinner face.
Because the cheekbones protruded and the gills sank, the eyes seemed to protrude a little, like the eyes of a fish, and they were still the eyes of a dead fish.
He is not a dead fish, he is a good knife in Yu Donglai's hands.
Yu Donglai picked up the paper on the table and handed it to Yingjiu, saying, "This young man, you have to watch over it yourself, and you will never allow him to have any accidents in the imperial capital."
"But... this guy seems to be inseparable from the death of the people in our military department in Fan Gu."
Yingjiu said something with a slight displeasure in his tone.
"Regardless of those... His Majesty wrote the name of this young man on the talent record. Although he was written by His Majesty on the talent record of such a poor family, nine out of ten people will be as silent as a stone immersed in a lake. But now we can't move, no one knows what day His Majesty will be interested in meeting this humble little man."
"Hold on."
Yu Donglai was silent for a while and said: "If he can't make His Majesty think of him again within a year, then he can only blame himself for his incompetence. The imperial capital is too big... What kind of trouble can a dead little man cause?"
"Humble job understands."
Yingjiu responded with a sneer and said, "I will try my best to endure it."
"Zhuo Buyi is back, and he brought back a woman. He has never been a womanizer, so there must be something outstanding about this woman. You should also send someone to keep an eye on it. If there are more on this woman in a few days If you wear a flying fish robe...then you can't touch that frontier soldier, those wild dogs in Qingya...they just don't care about biting them. Even if you just move a bone in their mouth, they will jump up and bite You're all broken."
"Here."
Yingjiu nodded and asked: "But it's so cheap, kid, isn't he a bit too flattering? It's okay to let him die, so it's okay to suffer a little bit?"
Yu Donglai suffocated slightly, then shook his head and said, "Don't think about those meaningless things, I know you have resentment for your brother's death in Fan Gu. But as long as that Fang Xie can be admitted to Yanwu Academy, No one can touch him. Not to mention you, even I can't touch him. As long as Zhou Banchuan is still in the Yanwu Academy for a day, no one can put his hand into the gate of the Yanwu Academy."
Yingjiu chuckled: "What if he doesn't get into the Martial Arts Academy?"
"At least… "
Yu Donglai pondered for a while and said: "Your Majesty must forget about him, or... give up on him. At this moment, any trivial matter may make His Majesty Longyan furious. So you should bear it, even if So what if he is admitted to the Martial Arts Academy? At most, he will be sent out to join the army in a border town after three years, and if you want to kill him, you can bear it for three years at most."
Yingjiu didn't speak, but he didn't care about Yu Donglai's words.
Three years...too long to kill my brother.
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Fang Jie squatted on the side branch of a big tree by the roadside and stared at the direction of the imperial capital in a daze. The outline of the big city in the distance was so spectacular that it completely overturned Fang Jie's concept of the ancient city. Originally, he always thought that no matter how big Chang'an City was, it was no bigger than the imperial capital in his previous life.
Now he realizes how wrong he was.
There are at least a dozen miles away from Chang'an City, but from such a distance, the end of the Chang'an City wall is still not visible, which shows how big Chang'an City is. Not to mention anything else, how much would it cost to build such a long, high, and large wall? I'm afraid that only the Great Sui in this world has such strong national power.
"Big dog."
Fang Jie, who was squatting on a branch of a tree, was holding a pipe in his mouth that he bought from a peddler for twenty-five copper coins, but he was smoking high-quality shredded tobacco worth one or two silver a catty. Although it was the first time he smoked after coming to this world, he could still blow out a string of smoke rings very skillfully.
He asked Da Quan: "Do you think that Miss Xiao Yao will turn the whole love office upside down when she enters the emperor? Will there be any noble, handsome and handsome young men who will be shameless at the first sight of her?" Post it? Will Miss Xiao Yao... find someone she likes?"
"Won't."
The big dog squatting under the tree also had a cigarette pouch in its mouth, but it was not stuffed with shredded tobacco. Maybe he just thought that Fang Jie looked handsome with a cigarette pouch in his mouth.
"If there is such a person, Xiao Yao will only beat him to the teeth."
Big Dog replied seriously.
Fang Jie hummed, and muttered in a low voice: "Then I can rest assured..."
tiny people.