Chapter 176: Those from Beijing
Close to Shili Pavilion, Chu Huan's horse speed slowed down and saw Wei Tianqing from afar. Wei Tianqing also looked here. At this time, soldiers had already stepped forward to hold Chu Huan's horse. Chu Huan turned over and got off the horse, and set off his armor. He bowed to Wei Tianqing. Wei Tianqing had already smiled and said in a low voice: "I know that the Su family is busy with the selection of imperial wine. You have a lot of things there, so our brothers are not gathering. It's just that people from the capital today, so let you come here!"
Chu Huan nodded and said yes. He swept around. The soldiers' armor was bright and the flags were fluttering in the cold wind. Dozens of officials were waiting inside and outside the Shili Pavilion.
Chu Huan was surprised that the imperial wine selection was chaired by officials from Guanglu Temple in Beijing. The Beijing will send a young minister of Guanglu Temple to preside over the ceremony.
Guanglu Temple is one of the six temples in the capital, specializing in the emperor's meal tent. This imperial wine is also among the food and accommodation, so Guanglu Temple is responsible for it. Chu Huan knew in his heart that Guanglu Temple was not a powerful yamen, and a young minister of Guanglu Temple was actually not an extraordinary official. At least when he came to the place, he did not have to work as a governor who had a throne in the border to greet him.
Although Chu Huan was still a distance from the Ten Mile Pavilion, he could clearly see that almost all the important officials of Yunshan Prefecture came to welcome him, and among the crowd, he also saw a person who made him very disgusted.
Liu Juguang, president of the Yunshan Prefecture Chamber of Commerce, was wearing a black cotton robe and was also in the crowd, saying something to the officials next to him. Although he was nearly 70 years old, he looked like a person in his fifties. He was still very energetic and did not look old at all. The sky was getting darker and the dark wind was invading, but the old guy was still talking and laughing.
Chu Huan frowned at first, not knowing why he followed him, but soon remembered that in addition to being the president of the Yunshan Prefecture Chamber of Commerce, this person had another identity, the Emperor's imperial honorificate, who had a title of honor. It was understandable that he came to welcome him.
However, the Governor of Yunshan Prefecture, commander and other important officials came all over the place. Even the Guanglu doctor was not afraid of his old age to greet him. Chu Huan vaguely felt that the people who came from the capital this time were not simple.
Wei Tianqing signaled Chu Huan to the secluded place next to him, and then lowered his voice: "In Tongzhou, Sun Baihu, the Divine Weapon Wei, went there again and made a special trip to investigate Duan Xun's situation."
Chu Huan was stunned, then came over and said, "I don't know if the road has been blocked in Tongzhou. If the search is done in time, it may not be impossible to find the weapons hidden by the bandits in Heishuishan."
Wei Tianqing nodded and said, "Zhao Guangqing sent someone to block the big and small checkpoints in Tongzhou, and sent additional personnel to search for the full force within a hundred miles around Heishui Mountain. In addition, he sent someone to search for Duan Xun's whereabouts. However, no progress has been made yet. Sun Baihu has been there for a while, but no Jiexun has been coming."
Chu Huan nodded slightly, frowned, thinking about something, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything after all. Wei Tianqing looked at his expression and knew that he had something to say, and asked, "Brother Chu, do you have anything you want to say?"
Chu Huan pondered slightly, then smiled and shook his head, "It's nothing, it's just my random thoughts." He asked, "Brother Wei, I heard from Captain Liu that people from the capital are here to welcome him..." He smiled and said, "But he didn't know what kind of noble person he was to welcome him, and even the Governor went out to welcome him in person!"
Wei Tianqing whispered: "This time, the Guanglu Temple Shaoqing Chen Jing is the presidency, but the Governor came not to welcome him!"
"oh?"
"Have you heard of Xu Congyang's reputation as Grand Secretary Xu?" Wei Tianqing whispered: "As far as I know, Grand Secretary Xu also came from Beijing this time. The Governor came out this time to welcome Grand Secretary Xu!"
"Brother Wei, who do you mean?" Chu Huan frowned, with a look of surprise in his eyes.
"Xu Congyang, Grand Secretary Xu." Wei Tianqing's voice was extremely light, but full of respect: "He is an amazing person in the court today. The Left Censor of the Censorate and the Grand Secretary in front of the Palace can participate in the Secretariat's decision on politics."
Chu Huan had already remembered that when he first arrived at the county town with Master Li, he invited Han Yuan to dinner at Yipinxiang. When Master Li saw a poem and painting, he said that someone copied Xu Congyang's fake work. He admired Xu Congyang very much in his words.
Could it be that Xu Congyang, the one who came today, was the one mentioned by Master Li?
Seeing that Chu Huan seemed to be thinking, Wei Tianqing thought Chu Huan had never heard of Xu Congyang's reputation and explained in a low voice: "Xu Congyang is from our Yunshan Mansion. When the world was in dispute, Grand Secretary Xu defected to several princes, and finally followed the current emperor to give advice to the emperor. Grand Secretary Xu made great contributions." He smiled and said, "Mr. Xu's paintings are all famous in the world. The Governor has a painting by Grand Secretary Xu and has always been used as a treasure collection!"
Chu Huan said "Oh", as if he had thought of something, and asked in a low voice: "Did Chen Shaoqing, Chen Jing from Guanglu Temple, presided over the imperial wine selection on our Xishan Road five years ago?"
Wei Tianqing thought for a while and nodded, "Yes, yes, yes, five years ago, it seemed that this was also the host of Chen Jing... Five years have passed, and I didn't expect that this person is still in the position of Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple!"
Chu Huan's heart sank.
In advance, he talked with Linlang about the officials who presided over the imperial wine selection this year. They all felt that five years later, the Guanglu Temple Shaoqing might have been promoted or transferred, so he would not have been the one who came to preside over the meeting with the Fang family. If it were other officials, the chances of winning with the Fang family might be 10% or 20%. But I never expected that the five years have passed, the one who came to preside over the presidency was still the one Chen Shaoqing. God seemed to be trying to make a big joke with He Shengquan.
At this moment, Chu Huan felt that things were obviously not good.
Seeing Chu Huan frowning, Wei Tianqing understood Chu Huan's thoughts and said softly: "Brother Chu, are you worried about being with Shengquan?"
Chu Huan thought for a while and nodded slightly.
Wei Tianqing whispered: "It is difficult for the Governor to mix these things. The Imperial Wine Selection has always been presided over by officials from Guanglu Temple, and local officials cannot interfere..." After a pause, he whispered: "But you don't have to worry. I have also drunk Shengquan's bamboo sake wine. It is definitely a first-class wine, and the Su family may not have no chance." He lowered his voice and said: "And when Grand Secretary Xu comes with him this time, Chen Jing may not dare to do anything. You don't know that Grand Secretary Xu is also a person who loves wine!"
Chu Huan smiled faintly and said softly: "Sir Xu has a noble status. I'm afraid he is here not for wine tasting!"
Wei Tianqing was stunned, then looked solemn and whispered: "This is a reminder of me. Mr. Xu is honest and famous for being upright and honest in the court. If there is no major problem, he would not have come to Yunshan Mansion all the way."
At this moment, I suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves. Everyone looked in the sound and saw two fast horses flying from the official road. The horsemen immediately arrived at the edge of the Deshili Pavilion and turned over and dismounted, and reported: "Sir, the convoy is only ten miles away from here, and is rushing towards this side!"
Qiao Mingtang had already grown up, and all the officials were also solemn. Qiao Mingtang walked out of the pavilion and looked towards the official road ahead. At dusk, he could vaguely see a flag appearing on the horizon in the distance.
"Line in line and prepare to welcome you!" Qiao Mingtang immediately ordered.
Dozens of officials hurriedly lined up and stood beside the road. Soon, they saw a convoy coming up from the official road from afar. Suddenly, a team of cavalry flew out of the convoy.
The horses were flying, and in just a moment, the pair of cavalry had already arrived close. People had seen clearly that there were five horsemen who came, all of whom were wearing purple cloaks, purple square hats on their heads, and swords around their waists. On the scabbards, there were flowing clouds floating on them. The officials immediately knew that these five horsemen were all from the Divine Uniform Guard.
The boots on the first person's feet were purple, while the others were green. Those who knew the arrangement of the Divine Uniform Guard immediately knew that the first person was a hundred households of the Divine Uniform Guard.
The Shenyiwei is directly controlled by the emperor and does not belong to the jurisdiction of any yamen. The Secretariat, the Secretariat, and the Secretariat have no right to interfere in the affairs of the Shenyiwei.
Among the Divine Uniform Guards, in addition to directly managing their guards, the subordinate units have strict hierarchies, divided into five colors: red, purple, blue, green and white. The five colors of boots represent five levels, red, thousand households and hundred households in purple.
No one knows how many people the Divine Uniform Guards are. Some people can only say that there are hundreds of people, but each one is an elite selected through layers of selection. Even the white guard officials are powerful people who are one to ten. Some people say that the Divine Uniform Guards have thousands of people, but they are divided into internal and external staff. The internal staff belongs to the direct personnel of the Divine Uniform Guards, and they are strictly selected. Another group is an outer staff with a large number, distributed in various corners of the Sixteen Daluo of the Great Qin, and has become the emperor's eyes and ears all over the Qin Dynasty. These intelligence collected by the eyes and ears are only responsible to the emperor.
But no one can tell what the Divine Yi Guard is, but some officials know that the Divine Yi Guard has four thousand households, twelve hundred households. Although the four thousand households are all amazing talents, the Twelve hundred households are all first-class talents, and each one is a powerful person who stands alone.
These divine guards rushed over, stopped the horse, and swept left and right. Everyone looked like lightning. Although most of them were local officials present, they seemed to be just ordinary people in the eyes of these divine guards. The five people glanced at each other without saying much, turned their horse's head and went back.
The officials looked at each other. In fact, although most of the important members were present, there were only a handful of people who had contact with the Shenyiwei. Many officials even heard of the names but did not see him. The people who saw the Shenyiwei today were so arrogant and indifferent. Many officials had already frowned, but they could do nothing.
This is a group of ghosts between the earth and hell, and no one dares to offend them.
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