Starting from the morning of the third day of the new year, each family has almost finished its own New Year, and it is time to visit each other to pay New Year's greetings and exchange favors.

The people of the small family don't talk about it, but the movement between the eunuchs and nobles can't be so simple.

Needless to say, the family of Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, and the rest of the families are also lively like bazaars, especially the Guang family of the Ministry of Shangshu Wang Guoguang.

The Ministry of Rites is the head of the six nominal departments, and the Ministry of Officials is actually the first, responsible for the promotion and assessment of officials in the world, which is related to everyone's future, the first class person in the world is the official, and the Ministry of Officials is in charge of this official.

Of course, the promotion assessment of the fifth grade and below also needs the approval of the emperor, but after all, it is just a formality, there are so many officials in the world, how can the emperor manage it, the county officials are not as good as the current management, or the officials are in charge.

Therefore, in addition to the cabinet Zhang Ge Lao, the second most lively official in Beijing is the Ministry of Shangshu Wang Guangfu, which is really full of people.

Gifts, gifts for others, queued up outside the door before dawn, Wang Shangshu was a courtier of the Jiajing Dynasty, a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and a leader of Shilin, and he was either neutral or on the right side every time.

Even if once or twice a year, the Taoist officials impeached him for appointing private individuals and accepting bribes, everyone also knows that it was just a means for Zhang Ge Lao to beat Wang Shangshu.

Everyone understands it, so there are more and more people who give gifts year by year, and the gifts are getting heavier and heavier year by year.

A middle-aged man wearing a red-patterned robe on a black background slowly approached the area on horseback, it was still early, and the housekeeper of Shangshu Mansion had just left the main entrance.

None of the people who came from behind were willing to give up their place to the middle-aged man, but the middle-aged man didn't bring any gifts, just rode a horse alone, and walked a short distance before turning into the alley on the side.

This should be the side door of Shangshu's mansion, and yes, the givers have lined up a street away.

The middle-aged man parked the horse at the side door, but the person in Shangshu's house who looked at the side door recognized him, smiled and said a few words, and let the middle-aged man walk in.

Wang Guoguang's mansion is quite vast, and the middle-aged man entered the side door, and he did not walk towards the center, but entered a courtyard at the back.

Outside this small courtyard, you can hear the laughter of young women, and it is really unusual to have such a voice in the Wang Guoguang Mansion, which has always been regarded as Mr. Daoxue.

The middle-aged man didn't think it was strange, raised his hand and patted the door, a beautiful maid opened the door, and when she saw that it was this middle-aged man, she immediately bent down with a respectful face and led him into the house.

The houses in this courtyard are no longer available to ordinary eunuchs, they are magnificent, beautiful, and the heat rises from the ground, obviously burning the earth dragon.

The air was filled with the smell of fat powder, and ambiguous moans came from the side from time to time, and the maid walked into the bedroom with a normal face, obviously used to it.

Not long after, a young man who was only wearing a silk robe walked out with the maid in his arms, this young man also had a bit of a literary tone at first glance, but when he looked closely, he found that his face was pale, and his demeanor was extremely casual.

Seeing this person, the middle-aged man quickly stood up, bowed down and said hello:

"Prince Wang, this year is good, and the two Ding furnaces sent are still suitable."

The boy took the handkerchief handed over by the maid, wiped a few handfuls on his face and chest, waved his hand and said:

"Lao Lin, sit casually, what are you doing so politely when you come to me."

After finishing speaking, he first leaned towards the Taishi chair, pouted and said with a smile:

"These two Ding furnaces are actually from Datong, I really can't imagine that such a good kung fu is still a yellow flower girl, Lao Lin, it took a lot of effort to find this!"

The middle-aged man surnamed Lin smiled and said gently:

"It's good that Wang Gongzi is happy, in a few months, there will be new goods delivered, and then I will ask Wang Gongzi to taste one or two."

Hearing this, Wang Gongzi laughed, and the middle-aged man surnamed Lin paused and said in a deep voice:

"Today, there is something to trouble the son, this New Year, I really can't help it."

Wang Gongzi was in a good mood, patted the maid's buttocks and sent him to bring the soup, waved his hand and said:

"You and my friend, there is something to say, but if you want to arrange people in the future, it is best not to enter an eight-grade official in Shuntianfu, Daxing and Wanping counties, if you go to other prefectures and counties, even if the county order Ben Gongzi dares to promise you!"

"The kindness of the son, Lin remembered, this time I came because a friend was arrested by people in Jinyi on the second day of the Lunar New Year......

Speaking of this, the prince's expression changed, and he said in a cold voice:

"Lao Lin, even if my son doesn't dare to meddle in the matter of the edict, it is even more useless to ask for this son, so it's better not to talk about it!"

That Lao Lin always had a faint smile on his face, and he didn't move his emotions at all, and said with a polite smile:

"The edict prison is handling the Qin case, how dare Lin come to work in that kind of thing, now he is locked up in the prison of Shuntian Mansion, my friend is a gambling housekeeper, and he was arrested by the Jinyi guard on duty and the officials of Shuntian Mansion on Tuesday!"

Wang Gongzi patted the coffee table on the side with his hand, and said with a smile:

"It's nothing more than knocking some silver, Lao Lin, don't you just give it to them, the gambling house is a cornucopia!"

"The prince laughed, if you ask for money, my friend is not an ignorant person, but the New Year is so ruthless, I'm afraid I want to seize this property!"

After Lao Lin finished speaking, the prince's face had become quite sure, and he smiled again:

"Little things, I'll ask someone to find Huang Sen from Shuntian Mansion later, he just came to my house yesterday to greet the New Year, and he wants to go to the field to do a political job, and he is calling."

The middle-aged man surnamed Lin hurriedly stood up, hugged his fists to thank him, and then took out a small brocade box from his arms, handed it over and said:

"Wang Gongzi, the newly matched Sanyang Juding Dan, the son knows how to use it, and with the Sanyang method, it strengthens the body, prolongs life, and is boundless ......"

"Okay, this elixir is good, but it's so difficult to get, Lao Lin brought a message to your friend, prepare five hundred taels of silver, close your mouth tightly, and fish it out."

After speaking, he opened the brocade box, revealing three red pills inside, Wang Gongzi looked at this and laughed...... On the seventh day of the first lunar month, it began to snow in the morning, but Yin Huangsen of Shuntian Mansion came to the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion in Dongcheng, according to the rules, if there is nothing to do, it is also allowed to come to the eighteenth day of the first month, not to mention this heavy snow day.

A few errand servants who were napping with charcoal fire in the lobby saw Shuntian Mansion Yin Huangsen coming, so frightened that they jumped up from their chairs, and hurriedly knelt down to greet him, but Mansion Yin Huangsen didn't pay attention to these at all, just irritably urged and said:

"Go and call Chen Fucheng and Lu Wancai to this mansion, the matter is urgent!"

Yin Huangsen of Shuntian Mansion is angry everywhere in Beijing, and he has a nickname called "daughter-in-law", but in the one acre and three points of land in the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, he, a third-grade master, is a real heaven.

After giving the order, several catchers hurriedly ran out, and a family member was dusting off the snow for Huang Sen with a cloth towel, but he was pushed away by Shuntianfu Yin and shouted loudly outside:

"Someone must find it for me, send a horse to go quickly!!"

The horse is fast and fast on horseback, and it can be regarded as the most powerful armed force in the yamen, Huang Sen is so angry that those errand officials who came to be on duty moved as if their buttocks were burned.

It didn't take long for Chen Zhizhong, the official of the government, and Lu Wancai, the magistrate, to ride a sedan chair and ride a horse, and hurried over, and the messenger outside said in a loud voice:

"The two adults are going to the inner hall, Taizun is in a hurry."

Yin Huangsen of Shuntianfu was wearing an official uniform, sitting in the middle with a calm face, and when he saw two people running in with their hems, he immediately pointed at Lu Wancai and shouted:

"Lu Wancai, come to this mansion!"

Lu Wancai, the magistrate, stabilized his breathing, hurriedly bowed down and walked to Huang Sen in small steps, and was just about to say an auspicious word with a smile, when Yin Huang Sen of Shuntian Mansion stood up, slapped his sleeves and slapped him.

There was a crisp sound of "pop", Lu Wancai covered his face and took a few steps back, and Chen Zhizhong, the prince, also raised his head in shock, and the two of them stared at Huang Sen, completely unaware of what was going on.

It is common for military generals to beat and scold their subordinates, and civil officials should pay attention to decency, and scolding two sentences is already a terrible reprimand, and if it makes a big fuss, it is nothing more than removal and dismissal.

"Bastard thing, what kind of casino to check for the New Year, you still don't get enough thousands of taels of filial piety silver every year, go and mess around with Jinyiwei's gang, do you know how much trouble you have caused to this mansion?"

Lu Wan was just about to step forward to speak, but Yin Huangsen of Shuntian Mansion pointed at him and scolded:

"You are from a good background, if it weren't for the strong people of your Wuqing County, how could you have today, you don't know how to be in this position, and you still caused such a big thing."

These words are no longer words between civil officials, they are equivalent to scolding the street, although the other party is his own official, but Lu Wancai is still trembling with anger, and finally endured it, and explained aggrievedly:

"Taizun, there's ...... over there"

"What's over there, quickly release the one in the prison and what He Jinyin, pay a loss, take the other party's everything and return it intact!!"

Pushing the official Lu Wancai calmed down at this time, and when Fu Yin Huangsen finished speaking, he clenched his fists and said in a low voice:

"Taizun, the general banner who investigated the case with the lowly position opened a restaurant......"

"Where are there so many bastard words, a general banner, a character who is inferior to ants in Beijing, you are a seven-rank official who is actually mixed with him, is it a shame!"

“…… There is a narrow banner hanging in the restaurant, and the payment is the eunuch Shuanglin Feng Bao......"

“……”

The angry scolding that Yin Huangsen of Shuntian Mansion was about to exit suddenly stopped, and there was silence in the inner hall, and Chen Zhizhong, who had always bowed his head and had nothing to do with himself, looked at Lu Wancai with more shocked eyes than just now.

The general banner of Jinyiwei is nothing, but knowing Feng Bao Feng's father-in-law's general banner of Jinyiwei, that is what is really nothing, knowing such a person, that is his own resources in the future, after the official Lu Wan knew about it, he didn't say anything at all, and he was ready to make friends with himself.

Fu Cheng Chen Zhizhong also only now knew that the general banner actually had such a background, and he was also in secrecy about the matter that Zou Yi, the internal official and the young eunuch Zuo Shaojiao, sent a post to ask about it.

But at this time, he couldn't help but say it, and he also stepped forward and said:

"Lord Huang, Xia Guan also took over the post of the Inner Official Supervisor Zuo Shaojian in the first year of junior high school, and he also spoke for this general banner."

Fu Yin Huangsen looked up at Chen Zhizhong, and then at Lu Wancai, one of them was aggrieved and the other was stunned, but they didn't look like they were lying.

After being quiet for a while, Huang Sen suddenly bowed down and hugged his fists at Lu Wancai, and said in a low voice:

"Lu Tuiguan, your performance appraisal in Shuntianfu this year is on the top, next year is on the middle school, and the year after next is also on the top."

Three years of excellent performance appraisal, reported to the ministry, the hope of promotion has increased greatly, at least it is to stay in office without worry, Huang Sen's move everyone understands in their hearts, this is to compensate for Fang Cai's move.

Lu Wancai clenched his fists with a sullen face, and he didn't thank him, but the matter was revealed.

For a while, the three people in the hall didn't know what to say, or Shuntian Mansion Yin Huangsen opened his mouth first, and he said in a low voice:

"I don't know where this He Jinyin came from, the son of Wang Tianguan of the Ministry of Officials, several fathers-in-law of the twenty-four yamen in the palace, and even Xungui handed over a message, asking us to release ......"

"But Father-in-law Feng's side ......"

Speaking of Feng Bao, everyone is silent, Feng Bao is also a person, the first assistant of the current cabinet, known as the first assistant of the first minister of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng, if it were not for the support of Feng Bao, the eunuch who was the master of ceremonies, he would not have such a majestic today.

Yin Huangsen of Shuntian Mansion said that there were too many things to be at a loss today, and when he encountered this, he did not express his position first, but raised his head after a long groan, and said in a muffled voice:

"Don't let it go, with the immortal Feng Gonggong, it's enough to suppress others."

After saying this, everyone chuckled together, Huang Sen stood up and said with a smile:

"There are still guests in the official's house, and Zhizhong and Wancai also have a lot of favors that haven't been exchanged yet, let's go back for the New Year."

The matter was decided, there was nothing to say, and everyone went out together.

It was only on the eleventh day of the first lunar month that Chen Zhizhong, the governor of the government, and Lu Wancai, the magistrate, were called to the yamen again, and they were called by the governor Yin Huangsen.

"After arresting He Jinyin back to the mansion, can the internal official and young eunuch come to inquire?"

"If you go back to your lordship, you won't be asked!"

"Has Gonggong Feng of the Master of Ceremonies sent someone to ask about this?"

"Back to Taizun, there's no movement."

"Alas, the people in the palace didn't care, but another Hou Ye sent someone to greet him and say ...... to He Jinyinguan."

After a few questions and answers, Lu Wancai bowed his head and was silent, Chen Zhizhong's eyes rolled but he understood Fu Yin Huangsen's hint, pondered and stepped forward and said:

"My lord, Xia Guan read the case file, the evidence of this crime of forcing people to death is a little insufficient, but the money of the bitter master is really not understood, Xia Guan thinks, the adult might as well intercede with Xu Later, if Gonggong Feng and that Gonggong Zou don't pay much attention, let's just let people out."

Yin Huangsen of Shuntian Mansion was silent for a while before nodding and saying:

"Zhizhong, this is your old way, just do what you say."

When Huang Sen and Chen Zhizhong left the mansion, Lu Wan, the magistrate, called Wang Si with a gloomy face, and said to Wang Si in a cold voice:

"Hurry up and report to Lord Wang Tong, He Jinyin is about to be released!"

(To be continued)