In the inner hall of the Yamen of Yingtianfu, Tang Jie, the lord of the mansion, was accompanying a cadre of subordinate officials to accompany Zhao Zongdan, the king of Teng, to chat and talk, and the dragon well was brewed in the light cyan tea cup after the rain, exuding a faint aroma.

"Today, I am stained with the light of the prince, otherwise how would Lord Tang take out this autumn tea for me to taste." Master Hao, who knew the same knowledge, blew the tea, and teased narrowly.

Tang Jie pointed his nose and said: "Don't talk about this nonsense, you Lord Hao doesn't like the light taste of autumn tea, but now you are talking about it, I remember last autumn, I asked someone to send a bag of autumn tea Tieguanyin and you, Tieguanyin tastes strong enough, but you Lord Hao still came to say, 'This tea fades out of the bird, don't be the tea residue that Lord Tang has drunk and dried it again and used it to fool people.'" What else do you say the old man can say about you? ”

Everyone burst into laughter, pointing at Hao Tongzhi to count him down, Hao Tongzhi blushed and said: "Isn't it that the lower officials don't understand, those who don't know are not guilty, Lord Wang, do you say yes?" ”

Zhao Zongdan said with a smile: "Yes, I don't know where to sin, this autumn tea is afraid that only Tang has the most research, as the saying goes, autumn tea is 'autumn white dew', after the picking of spring and summer, the tea taste in the autumn tea is gradually fading, and the aroma is absent, so no wonder you say'fade out of the bird', but it is this light word; ”

After King Teng's explanation, everyone suddenly realized that there were so many benefits, and when they complimented and touted, King Teng was touted as Bai Xiaosheng, who knew everything, and Tang Jie was praised as an elegant hermit with a profound tea ceremony; King Teng and Tang Jie were both very useful, smiling silently.

In the midst of the excitement, footsteps outside the hall sounded, and a servant said loudly outside the curtain: "Go back to the mansion and honor the lord, the villain has something to report." ”

Tang Jie put down the cup, and said with a solemn face: "Speak." ”

The official said: "The car of the third envoy was stopped by the people on the road at the north entrance of the government and blocked at the street entrance. ”

A smile flashed in Tang Jie's eyes, and he said, "How many people are there?" ”

"About six or seven hundred, the front street and the back street are all blocked, and now the third division envoy's car must not move forward or backward."

"Is there a conflict?"

"That's not true, it's just a confrontation, those people said that they were acting on behalf of the people of Tianfu to ask for their lives, and I don't know where they got the news, saying that the three envoys were here to issue a holy decree to Lord Fuzun, and they wanted to transfer Lord Fuzun away for other purposes."

"Mouthy! You also talk nonsense about these gossip, and give a holy decree to this government, how can this government not know? There must be something else to ask the Third Envoy for his life; Go down and report again, and tell your cubs that you must not chew the root of your tongue, or the whip will serve. ”

The official hurriedly said: "In accordance with the order of the lord of the mansion, the villain dared to ask, this is the ground of our Yingtianfu, the third envoy was stopped, I am afraid that there will be a mistake, do our brothers want to come forward to solve the difficulty?" ”

Tang Jie shouted: "Are you full?" The people stopped the three divisions to ask for the driver's car, and the wheels are on to join in the fun? The three envoys accompanied the two guards, all of them were strong in martial arts, if there was any conflict, wouldn't they be able to stop these hundreds of unarmed people? Tell everyone not to meddle indiscriminately, and to do their own duties. ”

The official agreed, and the footsteps went away, thinking that he had gone to give the order.

There was silence in the inner hall, and more than a dozen subordinate officials stared at Tang Jie with their mouths open, their expressions shocked.

Tang Jie raised the teacup and smiled: "Everyone, continue to use tea, what are you doing in a daze?" The benefits of this autumn tea, the prince said two points, and there are several benefits, and the house will teach you. ”

How could everyone have the heart to drink tea, the criminal officer Guo Zhirong coughed, and said softly: "Lord Fuzun, forgive the official for talking too much, Lord Yan's car was blocked on the road by the people, does Lord Fuzun really plan to ignore this matter?" ”

Seeing that someone was provoking, all the subordinate officials echoed and said: "Yes, the third envoy is a central minister, and when he came to the realm of Yingtianfu, he was stopped by the people to drive, what kind of system is this?" If he returns to the capital and says that the law and order should be in danger, and the people gather to make trouble, I am afraid that the emperor will punish him. ”

"The person who reported the news said that the three envoys are here to deliver the holy decree, if this is really the case, then the trouble will be even greater, intercepting the minister who passed the holy decree, this is disrespectful to the emperor."

“……”

Everyone was talking, Tang Jie turned his face sideways to listen to the discussion of the officials, the smile on his face gradually faded, and his face gradually became gloomy.

Before an official could babble, Tang Jie slapped the table and shouted: "Whoever of you wants to go, just go, I don't know what to say!" This government gathered you here early in the morning to protect you and others, but I didn't expect you to be out of business; It was the people who responded to the petition of Tianfu who stopped the car of the three envoys, could it be that you want to take out a knife and slaughter the people? The three envoys themselves are not in a hurry, what are you anxious about? If it was really a mob of people, how could he not have sent someone to inform the government to come to the rescue? Yesterday you went to the official post to ask for an audience with him, and from noon to the hour of the unitary, was there any one who was summoned by the adults? Obviously, the three envoys didn't bother to contact me and other local officials at all, but this time they went up to the pole one by one to help him, and a bunch of things that struggled to climb outside. ”

The officials looked at each other, how did you say this, how did Lord Fuzun use the words "eating inside and crawling outside", originally these three ministers made the adults come to Yingtian, and everyone will go to greet the seeker according to etiquette, in case something happens on the ground of Yingtianfu, can you Tang Jie get out of it? In the end, it's not that you're unlucky, and your kindness is treated as a donkey's liver and lungs, which is really unreasonable.

Everyone was dissatisfied, but they didn't dare to openly contradict each other, so they had to stare at each other silently, and no one would be stupid enough to fight against the prefect.

Zhao Zongdan looked at the situation, laughed and said: "Lord Tang, my lords, why did you make a fuss, so you drank tea and drank it well." ”

Tang Jie didn't think angrily: You don't fart for a long time, you came up with the idea, and you don't squeak this time, Lao Tzu has to pull you to talk.

"Lord Wang, what do you say, the lower officials listen to you." Tang Jie arched his hand towards Zhao Zongdan and said.

Zhao Zongdan understood that Tang Jie was trying to pull himself to express his position, don't be angry, he originally wanted to say a few words, this matter was originally his idea, and what he wanted was the current effect; The imperial court wants to get Tang Jie, it is both a big loss and a big danger for himself, Tang Jie has a flexible brain, a lot of tricks, and he is his right-hand man.

Besides, Tang Jie knows most of his secrets and is his core helper, if he is transferred to another office as an official, it will be difficult to guarantee that nothing will go wrong after a long time; For Tang Jie, King Teng felt that he had not completely controlled him, this person would either stay or die, but he definitely did not go to other places to be an official, so he had to carry this holy decree back today no matter what.

Where did everyone know the twists and turns in King Teng's heart, and when they saw that Tang Jie wanted King Teng to express his position, they all turned their heads to look at King Teng; Everyone had the same idea, King Teng said to go, then naturally he would go; King Teng said that he couldn't go, and there was a leak with both King Teng and Tang Jie, and his little fart officials had a excuse to shirk.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Lord Tang is doing the right thing." King Teng spoke.

"The three envoys came to Ying Tianfu on business, and they didn't inform us in advance, you waited for an afternoon and he didn't see him, and even the name of the king was not sent to the official post, and the king can't say that it is the three envoys to the big one, hehe, this king will speculate with his heart, this time the intention of the three envoys must not want to alarm us and other officials of Ying Tianfu, or this errand is extremely secret and important, or the three envoys have ulterior motives, in short, Lord Yan has his own reasons."

After listening to King Teng's words, everyone felt that there was some truth, this third envoy came to Yingtian not once or twice, which time before was it not to mingle with everyone, saying that the brothers and brothers did not refuse to feast and drink, this time it was so low-key, but it was really strange.

Zhao Zongdan smiled and continued: "It's indeed a little strange for people to block the street to petition, but as Lord Tang said, Lord Yan didn't send someone to come and only asked for Tianfu's help in dispersing. According to this king, you are still at ease here, Lord Tang is kind, I am afraid that you will go alone to ask to see the three envoys, which will cause unnecessary suspicion, so I put aside official business early in the morning and called you to tea, you should not misunderstand. ”

When everyone heard this, they suddenly woke up like an enlightenment, and hurriedly apologized to Tang Jie, scolded their own lack of eyesight, and misinterpreted Lord Tang; The adults worked hard to protect themselves, and they were still donkey's liver and lungs, and it was really a dog that bit Lu Dongbin.

Tang Jie got off the donkey, blaming himself for not making it clear to everyone in advance, and thanked the prince for breaking the point, and a group of people turned the page between talking and laughing, and after a while, the laughter was full of laughter, if it weren't for the cup of autumn tea juice that was just shaken on the case table and was still dripping down the case, there was no sign that there was a quarrel and unhappiness here just now.