Chapter 148 The gate of the city
At the city gate, there were a long line of teams leaving the city. The city gate officials squinted their eyes and glanced at them from time to time, paying attention to whether there were any fat sheep that could scrape out some oil and water.
At the tea stall not far away, more than a dozen Jinyiwei sat at two tables, drinking tea and chatting, and then looking around the road.
Flying fish suits and embroidered spring swords are a great deterrent to ordinary people. Passers-by avoid tea stalls far away, and the original few tables of guests also checked out early. Now, there are no one else except these two tables of Jinyiwei.
Even the tea stall owner tried to stay away as much as possible after delivering tea and snacks, so he did not dare to listen to the conversation between them.
In this situation, the Jinyiwei had long been accustomed to it, and he was joking and ignored it.
"Don't drink it anymore, so you won't have a lot of water. It's troublesome on the road." Lu Jianxing put down his empty bowl and raised his hand to stop Jin Yichuan who was about to refill him.
Jin Yichuan put down the teapot when he heard this, turned around and looked around, but still didn't see Chen Lian's shadow. He couldn't help but complain: "What's the second brother doing? I haven't come yet. We've been waiting for almost half an hour."
"We are separated from Xixi Street and heading north. Of course, we are going to Nuanxiang Pavilion, where else can we go." Lu Jianxing said confidently, and then said: "Our job is unpredictable. No one can tell whether we can come back alive. Second brother must have something to explain to Miss Miaotong."
"Oh, so is the second brother. He has been in the office for many years. All the monthly salary he saved has been thrown into Nuanxiang Pavilion. What are you trying to do? Miss Miaotong is the daughter of a criminal official. Without the pardon, she can't get out of the Jiafangsi. Even if the second brother opens the way to the judicial department and gets the pardon documents, he can't redeem the money of a few hundred taels of money, which is not something we can make up for." Jin Yichuan sighed: "If the money that my second brother threw in Nuanxiang Pavilion over the years, it will be enough to buy a family business."
"Everyone has their own ambitions, and they have their own way of living. I, the brother, have persuaded me a few times, but I can't persuade him. He is already possessed by Miaotong. Fortunately, I just lost some money, so let's do whatever he wants." Lu Jianxing shook his head and smiled bitterly in a low mood:
"In terms of money, not only him, but we two are the same. Your senior brother comes to his salary when he gets paid, and your salary is in his hands without any warming up. Not to mention, in order to make up for the vacancies of hundreds of households, not only his salary, but also his father saved up most of the family business."
Seeing that the elder brother was in a low mood, Jin Yichuan regretted this and hurriedly said, "Brother, don't be discouraged. As long as you do your job well and reward merit, you should be promoted to a hundred households."
"It's hard. It's really hard to do the credit. Our brothers have done badly over the years. It's enough to be promoted to a thousand households. How could they be as depressed as they are now? I dare not think about the rewards of merits and do so. I hope that Eunuch Zhao can have some conscience and take our great achievements and remember us. The credit, hey, the bullshit, I have also understood over the years. Whether or not it has nothing to do with credit, it depends on whether anyone above talks to you. I just regret that my father died too early, his official position is too young, and he has not left any reliable connections."
Lu Jianxing said that he knew this and saw two horses galloping over, pointing to the figure on the horse's back and said, "Look, there is a good father who lives a lot of wanton life. He takes prostitutes out on the city gate and rides horses, and regards the court's laws and regulations, but who dares to take care of it?"
Jin Yichuan looked in the direction Lu Jianxing pointed, and saw a pair of men and women riding on the same horse. The man was holding the reins of another horse in his hand and rode his horse to the city gate. When he was about to hit the soldiers on duty, he almost stopped the horse.
Before the soldiers could speak, the man immediately raised his hand and whipped it on the face of the city gate official, then threw out a waist sign and scolded him.
The city gate official had bleeding from his face, but he squeezed out a flattering smile, bent down and picked up the waist card, returned it with both hands, and immediately ordered his subordinates to drive away the crowd and give way out, and asked the two of them to pass immediately first.
"See, this ability to reincarnate can really envy people to death. I..." Lu Jianxing picked up the empty bowl, put it down again, and said with a smashing mouth.
But as Jin Yichuan looked, he stood up suddenly, grabbed the sword on the table, and was about to walk out.
Lu Jianxing grabbed him and said angrily: "Where are you crazy? This person's behavior is obvious to be a playboy from a high-ranking official family. We can't afford to provoke him."
"No, big brother, horse, the horse he rode is from my second brother." Jin Yichuan said anxiously.
Lu Jianxing turned his head and saw that the figures of the men and women were gone at the city gate, so he had to confirm to Jin Yichuan: "You see clearly, is it really my second brother's horse?"
"I'm really looking at it. There is a scar on the butt of the horse on the right. It was left when I was catching the Black Wind Thieves last year. I will never admit my mistake. Brother, don't be standing there. Let's chase after you quickly. They both will not run fast. Let's set off now and have a chance to catch up."
"Forget it, the job is important. If you are really just two horse thieves, you will have the chance to deal with it in the future. If you steal the horse and steal it to the Jinyiwei, you don't know if it's bold or so stupid." Lu Jianxing shook his head and laughed: "No wonder my second brother has been delaying for so long. It turns out that the horse was stolen."
Seeing that the elder brother said this, Jin Yichuan had no choice but to give up, sat back on his seat in a depressed manner, picked up the tea bowl and poured it into his mouth.
The group waited at the tea stall for more than half an hour, but Shen Lian was still missing. Lu Jianxing felt a little anxious and was hesitating whether to send someone to find him, but he was afraid that he would miss it and delay time.
At this time, at the intersection of the street not far away, the Jinyiwei of a brigade appeared and was riding a horse towards the city gate.
When Lu Jianxing saw the fat figure in the leader, his heart jumped and hurriedly urged his subordinates: "Get up, get up, let's go out of the city quickly."
Others also saw the large group of people coming here, stood up, took embroidered spring swords, and led the horse toward the city gate.
"Lu Jianxing, stop for me." Zhang Ying was sharp-eyed and had noticed Lu Jianxing and others long ago. Seeing that they were about to leave, he immediately shouted.
Lu Jianxing had no choice but to stop and wait. When the fat man came to the front, he saluted and said, "I have met the Lord of the Hundred Houses."
"Okay, Lu Jianxing, what's the case? The team of people is about to leave the city, and you, the pioneer of the pathfinding, are still leisurely drinking tea here. Just look at your attitude, let alone make up for the lack of households, you will withdraw your households sooner or later." Zhang Ying sat on the horse's back and scolded arrogantly.
"Sir Baihu, please listen to my explanation..."
"I don't have time to listen to your nonsense, so hurry up and go and do the job. If you are cheating and cheating, and ask that person to run away, you can explain to Eunuch Zhao and the official family by yourself." Zhang Ying interrupted.
"Yes, yes, go now."
"Wait." Zhang Ying suddenly called them again, glanced around, and asked, "Where is Shen Lian?"
"Mr. Shen..."
Just as Lu Jianxing racked his brains and was thinking about using some excuse to help Shen Lian excrete, another pair of Jinyiwei came on horseback.
"Hundred houses."
"Zhang Baihu."
After Zhang Ying bowed and greeted each other with the middle-aged man led by the other party, he asked, "Brother Fang, is there any errands?"
Fang Baihu nodded and said, "This matter has something to do with Brother Zhang. Nuanxiang Pavilion has a life case, and the death of his subordinate Chen Lianchen General Banner. I am chasing the murderer at this point."
"What...who died?" Lu Jianxing and Jin Yichuan shouted in dismay.
At this time, the city gate official saw the situation here and hurried over and said, "Secretary He Guangcai, I have met several adults."
"He Guangcai, I asked you, have you seen a young man and woman, a man's green dress and a woman's red dress. Did she leave the city at this door? When did she leave?" Fang Baihu asked.
"I have seen it, I have seen it, and I left the city half an hour ago. The man claimed to be the Jinyiwei, and the Emperor was working in the city for business, and there were also waist cards as evidence." The city gate official pointed to the whip marks on his face and said, "The lower official was just a few questions, and then he was whipped, so I remember it very clearly."
"Brother, it's them. Let's chase after me and avenge my second brother..." Jin Yichuan said anxiously.
"I'm bold, I'm in my opinion, and I want to avenge my personal revenge. Do I have any other officials in my eyes? I have a hundred households in charge of chasing the crime. Don't cause trouble, just do your own job well. I dare not respect the orders, and obey the rules of the Jinyiwei." Zhang Ying scolded with a cold face.
"Yes, I'll do the job now." Lu Jianxing lowered his head.
"Brother, I have to take revenge from my second brother. At worst, we won't be able to do this Jinyiwei..."
Chapter completed!