Daming heir

On the official road outside the city gate of Kaifeng Prefecture, there was continuous applause.

The slap was slapped on the face of the steward of the Zhou Palace, but it was also slapped on the face of the head of the Ministry of Officials.

The head of the Ministry of Officials looked cloudy and uncertain, and looked at Fang Guxin, the general judge of Kaifeng Mansion, who was sitting on the viewing wall.

"enough!"

The head of the Ministry of Officials snorted coldly, and glanced gloomyly at the steward of Prince Zhou's mansion who was kneeling on the ground and slapping his face.

I am an official of the court official department, an accompanying official of the Taisun's west tour, and when I came to Kaifeng Prefecture to hide my identity, the first thing I did was to force the steward of Zhou Palace to go out of the city to give porridge to slap himself in the face.

Never mind what happened today.

As long as it spreads, it is what I forced the stewards of Zhou Palace to do.

How to explain it then?

A well-behaved accompanying official can actually force the steward of the palace to slap himself in the face?

It is enough to convict him of provoking the clan.

However, even though the head of the Ministry of Officials had already expressed his dissatisfaction and stopped him, the steward of King Zhou's mansion, who was kneeling on the ground, seemed to have fainted. He didn't hear a word, and he was still smacking his face.

The head of the Ministry of Officials had no choice but to sigh and look at Fang Guxin, the general judge of the Kaifeng government, and said, "Fang Tong judge, there is a mistake in the matter here, please make the judge higher than Guangming."

Only then did Fang Guxin's gaze flicker, and he looked at Gao Guang with a smile: "Principal Gao is on a mission, and the Kaifeng government should contribute to the request of the mission."

After finishing speaking, Fang Guxin turned to look at the steward of King Zhou's mansion who was kneeling on the ground.

Fang Guxin coughed lightly, and moved to the steward of the palace: "Stop it, Mr. Gao represents His Royal Highness, the emperor's grandson, and the court. Mr. Gao is also an official of the Ministry of Officials, so he understands rewards and punishments for merits and demerits. You Donate porridge for the palace, and go quickly, don’t miss the food for the people. But you have to be more careful, don’t do things that bully others, and damage the reputation of the palace.”

Hearing Fang Guxin's voice, the steward of the palace finally stopped his hands, and his faces on both sides were already flushed.

The steward nodded heavily: "Thank you for your forgiveness, little one."

In the end, he bowed to Gao Guang, and the congee steward of Zhou Wang's mansion in Kaifeng, a vassal state, then carefully left with the congee team of the palace in fear.

On the official road outside the city of Kaifeng, there was a cloud of smoke and dust.Roll up a few leaves and float in mid-air.

Kaifeng Mansion passed the judge Fang Gusan, and watched the steward of Zhou Wangfu take the people away with cold eyes, then turned around and looked up and down quietly for Gao Guang.

Then he said with a smile on his face, "Master Gao has been disturbed."

Gao Gaoguang was already depressed at the moment, and when he heard Fang Guxin's words, he could only hum and smile back.

Fang Guxin turned sideways to make way: "Master Gao, there are many people on missions outside the city. Since the missions have come to Kaifeng Mansion, they naturally came with the intention of His Highness and the court. Please come to the city as well." , the government office will arrange a banquet to welcome the wind."

From being exposed, to Zhou Wangfu's congee steward slapping himself on the official road.

Gao Gaoguang knew that his group had been controlled by the Kaifeng Mansion, no matter how difficult it was to choose at this moment, he could only nod silently unwillingly, and let Fang Guxin lead the way in front.

Above the light is always sullen.

Not far away, Kaifeng Mansion, who led the way, passed the judgment on Fang Gusan. It was just a few words before and after, but there were hints everywhere.

Especially in the end, the gruel steward who was called to warn Zhou Wangfu was actually hinting at himself.

The group of people in my group represent the imperial court and His Royal Highness, but they are not His Royal Highness or the imperial court, and they only rely on the power of the imperial court and His Royal Highness to have a good reputation.

It is said that it is a warning to the steward of Zhou Wangfu's congee not to do things that bully others.

In fact, he was telling people like Gao Gaoguang not to bully others and do outrageous things in Kaifeng Mansion just because he has the imperial court and His Highness.

Kaifeng Mansion has a big problem!

It even involved Zhou Wangfu.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Zhou Wangfu's congee steward to appear in front of him after Fang Guxin so cleverly, nor would he cooperate with Fang Guxin so well to perform a play in front of him.

Higher than the light was filled with gloom for a time.

I just feel that the pressure has doubled in vain.

When Gao Gaoguang finally reached the gate of Kaifeng Prefecture, he stopped suddenly.

After taking a deep breath, Gao Guang turned around under Fang Guxin's suspicious eyes.

Gao Gaoguang looked at the Jinyi guards in the team, and said directly in a deep voice: "Go to a few people, and show your highness how the disaster situation in Kaifeng Mansion is, how the victims are living now, and the work-for-relief thing set by the imperial court. How is it?"

Hearing this, Fang Guxin's expression changed slightly as he looked at Gao Guang's back.

He was about to speak, but he didn't want Gao Guang to add it again loudly.

"Go and check! Please look clearly for Your Highness, and look carefully. It must be detailed and reliable."

"We are His Highness's eyes, and we are the outpost of Kaifeng Mansion this time. We must guard His Highness and know the current disaster situation in Kaifeng Mansion."

The Jin Yiwei who originally thought that they could only enter the city and then go out of the city to inquire about the situation, their eyes lit up when they heard Gao Guang's words.

Everyone looked nonchalantly at the Kaifeng government judge Fang Guxin who had a smile on his face, and then drove towards Gao Guang.

"Leader!"

The brocade guards were brief and concise, and after receiving their orders, they assigned half of their staff and dispersed to different directions outside the Kaifeng mansion.

The smile on Fang Guxin's face concealed the solemnity in his heart, and he said with a smile: "Master Gao is really vigorous and resolute in his work. I am still preparing to let everyone in Jinyiwei take a good rest today, and send someone to accompany you to do things tomorrow. .”

Gao Guang's face was normal, and he cupped his hands in front of Fang Guxin and faced south: "We are waiting for the salary of the king, and we should share the worries for the king and abide by the duties of the ministers."

Fang Guxin can only accompany Gao Guang, hand in hand and face south.

a while.

All the people have arrived at the government office in Kaifeng.

Because of the special political status of Kaifeng Mansion, although the construction and layout of the mansion followed the custom of the imperial court, it occupied an extraordinarily large area.

Fang Guxin led Gao Guang and others to a courtyard behind the government office, cupped his hands and said: "Master Gao, everyone on the job, the next official will go and ask someone to prepare the banquet first, and you can rest and wash here. Bring the banquet and prepare it." Well, presumably Fu Zun and the others will be able to return to the Yamen."

Gao Gaoguang led a group of accompanying colleagues, and bowed to Fang Guxin: "There is a laborer who is bothered by the judgment. When the Fuzun returns to the Yamen, he must inform me in advance, so that I can go to see the Fuzun."

With a smile on Fang Guxin's face, he hid all the reasons before entering the city, and he bowed his hands in return: "Definitely."

Gao Guang put his hands in his sleeves, stood on the steps of the house, watched Fang Guxin lead the people from Kaifeng Mansion out of the courtyard with calm eyes, and then snorted coldly after a while.

He turned his head to take the whole house into sight, and immediately sneered again.

"It really is the thoroughfare of the eight provinces! Even beside the embankment of the Yellow River, the land of the Central Plains can also create the misty and rainy style of the south of the Yangtze River."

Looking at the unobstructed but hidden scenery in the courtyard here, Gao Gaoguang has a mysterious look on his face.

The officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate looked around, stepped forward and whispered: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with Kaifeng mansion this time."

Gao Gaoguang nodded, turned his head to look at Jin Yiwei over there, and cupped his hands: "Please trouble everyone."

The leader of Jinyiwei was a chief banner officer. Hearing Gao Guang's words, he smiled: "Don't worry, Master Gao. The brothers have all received His Highness's order. This trip will definitely not cause trouble to Master Gao."

After finishing his sentence, the Chief Banner Officer's face darkened: "I checked everything carefully."

Following the order from the chief banner officer, the Jinyi guards who stayed behind and followed into the city immediately started to move, and not long after, they had checked this Jiangnan-style house inside and out.

Later, Jin Yiwei occupied several important positions in the courtyard to ensure that the houses in the courtyard would not be easily approached by idlers.

After that, Gao Guang led his entourage into the house.

As soon as everyone entered the room, there was a burst of cold snorts in unison.

"If Kaifeng Mansion is clean, I will take off my black hat right now!"

An official entered the house, closed the door and snorted a bet.

Gao Gaoguang's face was gloomy, and Anbu sat on a red sandalwood chair, looking at everyone.

The official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate said in a low voice: "What happened outside the city gate today must make people feel that it was done on purpose. I am afraid that Kaifeng Mansion has already prepared for these things in advance, waiting for us or Your Highness will come in person."

Several people were discussing angrily again, and finally everyone's eyes turned to Gao Gaoguang.

Gao Gaoguang raised his eyes and looked at the crowd: "Actually, isn't this what we expected? In other words, His Highness already knew that Kaifeng Mansion would be unclean, and that's why we were attacked as an outpost."

Hearing Gao Guang's words, the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate immediately moved to his side, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness entered Lanyang County and cut off Cao Zhisheng's head. Brother Gao, tell us, this time His Highness asked us to Come to Kaifeng Mansion first, did you already guess that our identity and whereabouts cannot be hidden?"

Someone at the side gasped and gasped, "If you say that, it makes sense. Your Highness wants us to come early, maybe it is to scare the snake. Only when you startle the snake, your highness will be able to hit seven inches at that time. "

Gao Gaoguang nodded: "It is precisely because of this thought that I let the Jinyiwei people disperse outside the city gate earlier. The purpose is to surprise the people of Kaifeng Mansion."

The official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate's expression became a little dignified, and he whispered: "It's just that at the moment, the Prince Zhou's Mansion... Besides, the people who met the Kaifeng Mansion today are not simple people. Now we are in the Ming Dynasty. , and what's going on under the water in Kaifeng Mansion, we don't know at all."

Gao Gaoguang's eyes flickered several times, and his face became more and more ugly: "Kaifeng Mansion is located in the Central Plains, which is the land of China, and there are many things involved. This trip, I'm going to be an outpost, and now I've already made a move, just look at it." How will the Kaifeng mansion receive it?"

Everyone looked around, thought about it, and felt that there were only so many things they could do now, and Qiqi sighed helplessly.

Not to mention Gao Guang and others who have already entered the Kaifeng government office.

On the contrary, after Gao Guang and others were settled, the Kaifeng mansion judge Fang Guxian, after leaving the house specially sent to Jiangnan officials for the welcome, did not go to other places, but led people in the mansion office. The back house follows the road through halls and alleys.

Not long after, Fang Guxin arrived at the backyard of the Kaifeng government office, the only one outside the courtyard with a tall building.

Fang Guxin stood in front of Buyuan's door, and looked back at the accompanying people around him.

He whispered: "We are all waiting here, don't disturb people."

After giving instructions, Fang Guxin took a deep breath, straightened his robes, and then calmly stepped into the courtyard.

Entering the yard, it is a landscaping style of the Song Dynasty.

Several men in black clothes were scattered in various shaded places in the house.

Every time he met the eyes of these people, Fang Guxin would lower his head even deeper.

When he got to the tall building and was blocked by two men in black clothes, Fang Guxin even bent down.

Fang Guxin didn't raise his head, but said in a deep voice: "The minister, Kaifeng Mansion, passed the judgment on Fang Guxin, please see the prince."

The people blocking the tall buildings did not let Fang Guxin in because of this.

Waiting until the sound of footsteps came from the high-rise building, an eunuch in a purple shirt walked to the door with his waist bowed and hands raised, and looked at Fang Guxin outside the door: "Fang Tongjuan, come in, Your Highness is playing chess with the Fu Zun. "

Fang Guxin nodded, not daring to say much, just bowed his head and bent over into the building, and followed the eunuch to the top of the tall building.

Standing on the top floor, through the wide-open windows around, you can have a panoramic view of the whole Kaifeng mansion, and the whole city.

It's just that Fang Guxin was not interested, and he didn't dare to look at the scenery outside the window. Instead, he lowered his head and quietly watched the two people sitting at the front of the chessboard in the building who were playing chess.

One of them was wearing Yunyanbuzi Feipao, and it was Shangguan Wenhu, the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture.

Opposite Shangguan Wenhu, sitting facing south is a man in his 30s who is dressed in a crimson five-clawed regiment with dragon patterns and five chapters. Zhu Yuanzhang's fifth son Zhou Wang Zhu Xi.

Zhu Huan and Shangguan Wenhu heard Fang Guxin's footsteps, but they didn't look up. They were still focused on the chess game where the black and white dragon was stalking and fighting.

Shangguan Wenhu lowered his hand and tilted his head slightly: "Tong San, please make tea, so that I can quench my thirst with Your Highness."

Fang Guxin immediately bowed his head and responded with a snappy response, and went to the tea table beside him.

With a straight face, raised brows, and bearded cheeks, King Zhu of Zhou smiled helplessly: "This king is still in a hurry, and today he lost another round to Brother Shangguan."

Shangguan Wenhu immediately shook his robe and got up: "Your Highness has let your son and ministers go. If you are talking about chess, no one in Kaifeng Prefecture can compare with Your Highness. Even if you look at this dynasty, Your Highness's chess skills can also be compared with the national players."

Zhu Wei smiled lightly, and didn't bother to judge whether he was a national player or not. Instead, he sighed quietly: "This king has been in Kaifeng for 14 years since Hongwu, it has been 14 years."

Shangguan Wenhu glanced at Fang Guxin.

The general judge of the Kaifeng government immediately delivered the freshly brewed tea to King Zhou, and said softly with a flattering smile on his face: "Your Highness, please use tea."

Shangguan Wenhu said at this time: "Your Highness has indeed been in Kaifeng for 14 years."

Zhu Wei shook his head: "For 14 years, this king can only use this chess game to pass the time."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Huan picked up the teacup, took a sip, and swirled the tea soup around his teeth three times.

After the end, Zhu Wei looked at Fang Guxin who was waiting at the side, and couldn't help but nodded in approval: "Fang Tong judged that the skill of cooking tea here is getting more and more exquisite."

Fang Guxin almost knelt down, bowed and said: "Fortunately, after several calls from His Highness, I finally entered this door a little bit."

Zhu Li smiled and drank the remaining soup in the teacup in one gulp.

He got up slowly, walked to the window sill next to the tall building, clapped his hands on the railing, and looked at the entire Kaifeng city outside the government office, then retracted his gaze little by little, and landed on the south-style house inside the government office.

"Have all the officials on the western tour of the imperial court settled down?"

Fang Guxin nodded, feeling a little uneasy in his heart: "If you go back to His Highness, everything has been settled. It's just..."

Shangguan Wenhu coughed lightly at the side, pretending to be displeased and said: "In front of His Highness, no matter what happens, it's okay to say it."

Zhu Huan also said: "But what happened?"

Fang Guxin nodded and hummed: "At the beginning, I took people to meet the other party, all of which were expected. I also hinted at the other party by making excuses. It's just that I never thought that the chief of the official department's examination of meritorious officials is higher than Guang , Before entering the city, he called Jin Yiwei to investigate the situation outside the city."

Shangguan Wenhu frowned when he heard that Jin Yiwei was investigating the situation outside the city, and immediately walked up to Zhu Huan's back carefully, and asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, is this matter..."

Zhu Huan turned his back and shook his head: "What do you want? To organize Jin Yiwei to investigate the news? Or organize the court to provide relief for the disaster?"

Shangguan Wenhu closed his mouth, but there was a little worry in his eyes.

Fang Guxin stood at the back, where he was only qualified to answer questions, and had no status to speak on his own initiative.

At some point, Zhu Huan turned around and looked at Shangguan Wenhu: "Brother Shangguan, it's time for you to meet those people."

Shangguan Wenhu nodded, but realized again: "Then, Your Highness..."

At this time, Zhu Huan walked up to the stairs with his hands behind his back, and when he heard Shangguan Wenhu's doubts, he turned his head and looked at him: "This time the emperor's grandson is on a tour to the west on behalf of the imperial court and His Majesty. .As the royal family, this king is in Kaifeng, and he should go to see this eldest nephew of this king because of emotion and reason."

Shangguan Wenhu became more and more confused.

"His Royal Highness is going to see the emperor's grandson?"

Shangguan Wenhu had thought of the various news that came one after another after the emperor's grandson entered the Xuzhou mansion in the past two days.

Now the Xuzhou government set up a bureau to wipe out thousands of rebels, and after entering Lanyang County, they beheaded Cao Zhisheng, the magistrate of Lanyang County.I heard that the stubborn donkey in Chenliu County had an iron neck, and he personally wore the shackles to commit the crime, but the emperor's grandson personally unloaded the shackles and led him to the Lanyang County Government.

One after another, it was revealed that this time the emperor's grandson was going to vigorously rectify the disaster-stricken six prefectures and provide relief to the people.

However, Zhu Xi had already walked down the stairs step by step, with a smile on his face all the time.

"Wait and rest assured."