The room was a little dim, Wang Ziteng lit sandalwood again, there was a faint smoke in the room, Xue Pan didn't see clearly who was sitting next to Wang Ziteng, the person spoke, and it was also a chuckle, I couldn't hear what it meant, but Xue Pan listened to this chuckling voice, and didn't seem to be very happy with himself, "How dare I be Lord Xue's courtesy, Lord Xue swept Liuhe here in Xicheng, swept away all the cows, ghosts, snakes and gods, and did something that I don't know how many people want to do but can't, it's really powerful." , I'm a little person, how dare I be Lord Xue's gift? ”

Xue Pan was originally not happy to be pulled by the elders to meet guests everywhere to say hello, hearing this, he was a little unhappy with himself, naturally this originally bent down waist, suddenly straightened up, and looked at the person sitting under the prince's position, this person was wearing a Tuanshou dark purple Ning silk cotton robe, holding a pair of antlers Ruyi in his hand, five willows with long beards, starry eyebrows and sword eyes, but he gave birth to a good appearance, if it is based on appearance alone, but only Lin Ruhai, who was seen in Yangzhou in the past, can be compared with this person.

Xue Pan didn't take the initiative to speak, just looked at Wang Ziteng, Wang Ziteng smiled, ready to say something, but saw Zhang Rugui who Xue Pan brought in, he had a good memory, remembered Zhang Rugui, asked how he came in, Xue Pan smiled, "I brought Mr. Zhang in, I worked together in the south in the past, and I saw him waiting in line outside, so I invited him to come in together, he sent two baskets of dried fish and bamboo shoots, and I have asked the housekeeper to accept it." ”

Wang Ziteng shook his head, and asked the housekeeper to invite Zhang Rugui to go down for tea, Zhang Rugui first paid a big salute to Wang Ziteng, asked Guo An to say hello, and went out satisfied, he didn't expect to talk to Wang Ziteng about anything, now as long as he is familiar with a face in front of the military department, let him remember that he is a person, and he doesn't really need Wang Ziteng to talk warmly and invite him to sit down for dinner, this is not his own treatment, if it is really Wang Ziteng who does this, I am afraid that Zhang Rugui will sit on pins and needles, I don't know how Wang Ziteng is going to deal with himself.

Zhang Rugui went down, and Wang Ziteng introduced the middle-aged man sitting on the side playing with the antlers Ruyi to Xue Pan, "This is Lord Xiao, the Admiral of the Nine Gates." ”

The garrison, garrison, and public security organization of the Beijing Division is called "Admiral Jiumen Infantry Army Patrol and Capture Five Battalions Commander Yamen", commonly known as "Infantry Army Commander Yamen". The chief is referred to as "Commander of the Infantry Army", commonly known as the "Admiral of the Nine Gates" (there are nine gates in the inner city of Beijing, namely: Zhengyang, Chongwen, Xuanwu, Chaoyang, Dongzhi, Fucheng, Xizhi, Desheng, and Anding). The commander of the Nine Gates commanded the infantry and the horse infantry (i.e., the "patrol battalion") of the Green Battalion of the Beijing Division, and the specific tasks of the department were to garrison the city ("pan" refers to the army establishment at the grassroots level), inspect the city gates, arrest thieves, and apply for a ban on night patrols. During the Taizu Dynasty, it was set as the second grade, and Taizong was promoted to the first grade.

The officials of this yamen have always been not easily awarded to others, generally the clan relatives and nobles, because the authority of the nine-gate admiral is great, if anyone is sideways, close the gate of the capital, isolate the inside and outside, almost afraid that it is a rebellion can be done, in history, the Yongzheng Emperor rumored that the matter of seizing the heir is to let Long Keduo hold the position of the nine-gate admiral, isolated from the inside and outside, even if the fourteenth elder brother sits on the army in the Fengtai camp, it is impossible to fall into a soldier and a general, and this matter does not need to be in other dynasties, after the death of Emperor Yingzong, The two kings rebelled, and one of them became the commander of the Nine Gates, and suddenly cut off the inside and outside, if it weren't for the Holy Queen disguised as a palace maid and sneaked out of Luoyang City to transfer the army, I am afraid that this matter would have been done.

In the past, it was awarded to the prince of the clan, and this lesson was obtained, as long as it was the prince surnamed Ying, it would never be possible to be the commander of the Nine Gates again, after the Holy Empress Bingzheng, this position changed a lot of people, and now this Lord Xiao, Xue Pan knows, is the princess of Taizong Li, the concubine of the eldest princess of Rong'an, the great-grandson of Xiao Xiaoming, the princess of Xiuguo, the hereditary first-class Earl Xiao Xiaokang, according to the rules of the lord, the great-grandchildren will be crowned generals, not the earl, but because he is still a princess, so Jia En entered the title of earl again, This Xiu Guo Gong, Zhen Guo Gong, Li Guo Gong, Qi Guo Gong, Zhiguo Gong, Xi Guo Gong, these six families and Ning Rong's two families, the so-called "Eight Princes" at that time.

Eight kilometers to tell the truth, almost all of the Guogong Mansion are lonely, but the situation in this Xiuguo Gong's house is not bad, because the princess is still the princess, but she has won the trust of the Holy Queen, and the Holy Queen has no daughter, but she treats this Rong'an eldest princess as her own daughter, and gives Xiao Xiaokang, the errand of the nine-gate admiral, the eldest princess Rong'an and Emperor Yonghe used to be childhood friends before the emperor entered the palace and ascended the throne, and they had this relationship, and now even if Princess Rong'an has passed, but this Xiao Xiaokang is both sides of the equation, Everyone has to think about the two houses and stand in different sides, but he is good, the two houses are left and right, and there is no need to worry about any problems.

Xue Pan saluted towards Xiao Xiaokang, "Uncle Jin'an." ”

Xiao Xiaokang nodded, "That's it, you get up." ”

This attitude was a little lukewarm, Xue Pan was still a little curious at first, but Xiao Xiaokang touched the antlers in his hand, "You have made a big battle in Xicheng, I have to listen to Brother Longqing's orders in these nine gates, and help you work, this work is fine, isn't it right to listen to the dispatch of the military department now, it's nothing, it's just that the benefits everywhere have been shared, but I don't get any benefits here, in this world, there is no such reason, right?" ”

Xiao Xiaokang continued to Wang Ziteng, "I don't care, naturally it's not bad for such a benefit, but I'm in front of this official, the people underground all want to eat, there are fewer here, even if you don't say it, you also think in your heart, if it's a big guy, it's okay for you to eat alone, but now this Zhan Mansion has it, and Shuntian Mansion also has it, but I don't have it in the Nine Gate Admiral's Mansion, what kind of joke is this!" ”

Xue Pan then understood why he entered the study, this Xiao Xiaokang was so lukewarm to himself, and with some ridicule, it turned out that the reason came from here, Wang Ziteng glanced at Xue Pan, smiled and said nothing, just waiting for Xue Pan to say something by himself, and he didn't intervene to help Xue Pan.

With an uncle like you, Xue Pan rolled his eyes in his heart, sat down, took a sip of tea, and then smiled at Xiao Xiaokang, "I really haven't prepared anything for the Admiral of the Nine Gates, speaking of which, don't really prepare for this matter, the Admiral of the Nine Gates wants to make money, there is no way there?" ”