Fu Shifeng

Chapter 98
When Cheng Sanwu came to Yishanfang, he, who had always regarded cold and heat as nothing, couldn't help shaking.

"Are you also afraid of the cold?" Afu asked from the side.

"It's not that I'm afraid of the cold, it's just that I feel something is wrong." Cheng Sanwu looked towards the gate of the square, then scanned the surroundings, and found that there were almost no other pedestrians and horses on the road. Rats and crows dare not approach here."

"It's hard to say." Afu smiled meaningfully: "There are several strangers in the Ministry of Internal Affairs who possess secret techniques, who can understand the language of birds and beasts, and even let mice and crows help spy on the news."

Cheng Sanwu was speechless, Afu was happy to see his expression, and led him into Yishanfang with a smile.

Inside the square, it was the same as before. Most of the civil servants and waiters kept their heads bowed and walked briskly when they came and went.

The Ministry of the Interior involves a lot of confidential and important matters, so naturally the rules are strict, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't look at what you shouldn't look at, this is a lesson learned at the cost of countless lives and blood.

Of course Afu and Qin Wangshu knew about it, but even though he was warned about the process in advance, he still looked curious, looked left and right, and stood on tiptoe and stretched his neck from time to time, intending to spy on the left and right courtyards.

"My God, there was a guy just now, his legs were covered with worms, and he didn't seem to have a few taels of good meat left." Cheng Sanwu exclaimed in a low voice, "What kind of torture is this? What crime did that man commit? "

"That should be the torture of the pot mixed with Gu art, putting people into a pit full of poisonous insects, allowing their limbs and flesh to be eaten." Afu turned her head to look at Cheng Sanwu, with a cold and terrifying expression on her face : "Don't worry, there will be special personnel to take care of them during the torture, to ensure that the tortured people will not pass out due to the severe pain, and let them watch their limbs being gnawed and riddled with holes."

Cheng Sanwu leaned back slightly, with a disgusted expression on his face.Afu immediately sneered and said, "If you don't want to suffer for no reason, don't look around with your eyeballs, understand?"

"Understood, I understand." Cheng Sanwu nodded with fear on his face.

Before arriving at Gongchen Fort, Qin Wangshu took the initiative to leave, and Afu took Cheng Sanwu with him. As soon as he entered, he felt vaguely inexplicable danger.

Even though Gongchen Fort is not considered a stable territory, it never gave Afu the idea of ​​"too bad to enter".

The crystal lamp with danyu as the core is placed on the top of the main hall, emitting a light without warmth.Seeing the chairs and screens set up on the left and right sides of the main hall, it was rare to put on a pattern of hospitality. Eunuch Feng, who was in the main seat, looked up and stood up with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, I'm sorry. This must be Cheng Sanwu?"

Eunuch Feng looks like a good girl, with a gentle voice, and a smile on his face at the moment, if you don't see it clearly, maybe you will really take him for a beautiful woman.

When Cheng Sanwu saw this Beisi Dang, he froze for a moment and didn't dare to answer, as if he was frightened.

Afu glanced at him, and then replied on his behalf: "Exactly. I made Da Dang laugh, Cheng Sanwu is a reckless person in the world, and he has never seen the big world."

Seeing that Afu turned her head and made a gesture to her eyes, Cheng Sanwu hurriedly crossed his hands and said, "Uh...Hello, Eunuch Feng! See you, Eunuch Feng!"

"Cheng Xiaoyou don't need to be nervous." Although Eunuch Feng's brows were black, judging from his temperament, he was definitely not a young man.

"I, this is the first time I've come to this kind of place, and I've never seen a high-ranking official like you." Cheng Sanwu was a little awkward when he spoke.

Such a look of being at a loss in answering, anyone would think that he is a country man who lacks etiquette and education.But Eunuch Feng did not take it lightly and motioned for the two to sit down.

"Shangzhang Jun, has the identity of the Tule cavalry team who visited Guo Wanjin's house been found out?" Eunuch Feng was the first to ask about other things.

"To be precise, it's not the Tule cavalry, but the envoy of the Uighur Pugu tribe." Afu showed a piece of paper with a Uighur pattern on it like a magic trick: "This is the gold medal extension from the leader of the caravan." It can be seen that he is the envoy of the nobles of the Pugu Department."

In Gongchenwei's tenth year, Afu was best at stealth and spying.Guo Wanjin, as one of the four tycoons in Chang'an, presumably had sufficient security in the house where he settled guests, but Afu could still come in and out easily, spying on secrets and important things like picking something out of a pocket.

Eunuch Feng asked, "Apart from the horse trade, what else did they talk about?"

"The Pugu Department wants a batch of weapons and armor."

As soon as this remark came out, Eunuch Feng's eyebrows and eyes turned slightly. The Ministry of Internal Affairs originally didn't bother to take care of the business of horses and livestock with the barbarians for a wealthy businessman like Guo Wanjin, but it cannot be ignored when it comes to soldiers.With Guo Wanjin's financial power and power, the number of soldiers he handles is probably not small, enough for the court to pay attention to precautions.

Afu continued: "The Pugu Department also knew that Daxia's law is strict, so they didn't dare to let Guo Wanjin prepare soldiers from the Central Plains. I just heard that Bohai County is rich in iron, and Guo Wanjin also has connections there, so the Pugu Department The nobleman sent envoys to negotiate, hoping that the goods will go directly to the Mobei area."

"These barbarians are always restless!" Eunuch Feng snorted coldly: "Tule has been declining more and more in recent years, and other forces on the grassland are ready to move, and they have already begun to prepare soldiers."

"But I heard that the Pugu Department has already belonged to the dynasty a few years ago? Are they going to make their own decisions?" Afu asked.

"No matter which one, it's just a group of hungry wolves and unruly eagles, killing one crop after another, endlessly!" Eunuch Feng sighed: "Okay, I will report this to Your Majesty." , I respectfully request the Holy Tribunal."

Afu handed over the falcon rubbings and didn't say much.She could tell that the official duties assigned by Eunuch Feng were not urgent.

Daxia has a vast territory, and the Siyi people serve them.But at the same time, the foreign races from all over the world hope to use the power of the Great Xia to strengthen themselves. Their envoys come to Chang'an in the name of tribute and goods, and they will almost always inquire about secrets and visit high-ranking officials. Afu has long been surprised by this. Strange.

Earlier, Afu proposed to recruit Cheng Sanwu into the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Eunuch Feng agreed to meet him face to face.Considering the uneasiness and shock caused by Cheng Sanwu's passage through Gyeonggi-do after the Heyang massacre, Eunuch Feng was quite afraid of him when he wanted to come.Even if they met in Gongchen Castle, they had to talk about other matters first to ease their guard.

"Heh, Cheng Xiaoyou has been waiting for a long time because of the delay in common affairs." Eunuch Feng changed his expression, smiled and clapped hands, and then a woman in white brought tea.

This white-clothed woman has a proud figure and a flamboyant figure. Although her steps are calm, she can walk out of a swaying posture.Although she lowered her brows and bowed her head, with a gentle expression, she showed a charming and coquettish attitude everywhere.

The woman in white clothes offered fragrant tea to the three present, and the green tea soup in the white porcelain bowl was fragrant and fragrant, obviously a good treat for guests.

But Cheng Sanwu's mind is not on this, he has been staring at the white-clothed woman, when she gave a slight salute and turned back, he was full of greed, looking at the protruding buttocks under the tight clothes, His throat rolled, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Afu frowned slightly, not because of Cheng Sanwu's ugly appearance, she knew very well that this man had always been greedy for beauty, but what caught her attention was the woman in white just now.

Although it has been known for a long time that Rou Zhaojun, who is the third seat at the age of ten, is a beautiful woman who is especially good at seducing people with her looks, but no one has ever known the real face of Rou Zhaojun.

Ordinary people may think that Rou Zhaojun is good at disguise, but Afu thinks it is not that simple. She also senses an inhuman aura from the woman in white, maybe she is also a monster.

"Cheng Xiaoyou has taken a fancy to this maid?"

After the figure of the woman in white turned into the screen, Mr. Feng asked openly.

"Don't dare, dare not." Cheng Sanwu was so embarrassed that he could only pick up the tea bowl and quickly cover it up.

Eunuch Feng didn't mean to blame: "If Cheng Xiaoyou is willing, I can send her to your house to take care of her daily life."

Cheng Sanwu waved his hands again and again: "No need, no need, I am a wanderer, I don't even have a place to settle down, and I have nowhere to put a maid."

"Cheng Xiaoyou is such a person, doesn't he have a private house in Chang'an?" Eunuch Feng looked at Afu: "Mr. Shangzhang, why didn't you talk about this important matter earlier?"

Afu understood that Eunuch Feng was posturing, so she said: "I was negligent, and I will arrange it immediately."

"Where is it useful!" Cheng Sanwu interrupted: "I usually live in the Qingjin Courtyard on Nanheng Street, Chongrenfang. The owner of the courtyard is Changqing... Oh, that is Qilang from the Lu family. Lu Xiangxin recognized him Son, you should know, right?"

Compared with the Daguan real disciples of Qifuzang Palace, names like Qilang of the Lu family and Young Master Lu Qi spread in Chang'an city at a faster speed.Back then when Changqing returned to the Qingjin Courtyard and learned of such a title from his subordinates, he couldn't hold back the anger on his face, and even lost his mind about practicing duel with Cheng Sanwu.

"I know." Eunuch Feng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, Cheng Sanwu said this, did he want to use Prime Minister Lu as his backer?

"By the way, I heard that you want me to work for the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Cheng Sanwu's tone turned cautious: "It's not that I'm short-sighted, but I just don't know, do you have a salary?"

When Lord Zhaoyang, who was hiding in the side, heard this, his restrained breath almost went astray, and he felt ridiculous in his heart—whether a martial artist who can get a half-time official in the Ministry of Internal Affairs will worry about his salary?Even if there is no salary or lumi, just relying on the status of the Ministry of the Interior, a little hint when going out on errands, you can knock out a large amount of money from a large account.

Mr. Zhaoyang can't imagine that this kind of countryman is worthy of Eunuch Feng's strict vigilance?If you are really worried, just kill him directly, there is no need for various temptations.

"Of course there is a salary." Feng Gonggong did not change his face: "The monthly salary of the embroidered clothes envoy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is [-] yuan, and another [-] hu for Lumi."

"Eight thousand coins!" Cheng Sanwu's eyes lit up: "This job is capable, and you can get nearly a hundred coins a year, and you can buy a house in Chang'an in a few years!"

Jun Zhaoyang's cheeks twitched from the side, and he could even imagine the foolishness of this person counting with his fingers through Cheng Sanwu's tone.

We must know that the embroidered clothes envoy is humble and powerful, and the authority cannot be measured simply by salary.Moreover, the Embroidered Clothes Emissary is ordered to monitor all the ways in the world, and is known as the inner guard. Among them, there are as many masters as forests, and they often have to get involved in dangerous and difficult situations.When going out to do errands, weapons, armor, medicine, chariots and horses are used everywhere. The [-] yuan monthly salary alone is not enough to take care of yourself!
Mr. Zhaoyang wished he could rush out and roar loudly—how could someone come to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to work for this little salary?
But Eunuch Feng kept his self-cultivation as always, and asked, "Does Cheng Xiaoyou know what the embroidered clothes messenger's duty is?"

"I heard that they are monitoring all parties in the world?" Cheng Sanwu's tone was not firm enough.

"This is one of them." Eunuch Feng said with a smile: "Cheng Xiaoyou has lived in the Western Regions for a long time. Apart from thieves and the like, he must have seen demons committing crimes. Moreover, such people often have acts of bewitching ignorant people. It is difficult for ordinary government staff to deal with it. The army is also extremely expensive, so the Embroidered Clothes Emissary is the one who specializes in killing monsters and ominous omens."

"This is a good thing." Cheng Sanwu nodded in praise.

Eunuch Feng said clearly: "I intend to invite Cheng Xiaoyou to be the embroidered clothes envoy, but this is not a random appointment. According to the regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there are many inspections before being appointed as the embroidered clothes envoy, and his ability must be recognized before he can be appointed. Even if I preside The Ministry of Internal Affairs can't be lenient at will."

Cheng Sanwu looked at Afu, as if he wanted to ask her for help, but the other party just looked down at the tea soup in his hand, and did not respond in silence.

"This...to tell the truth, Eunuch Feng, I'm just a quack, and I don't understand anything about official articles." Cheng Sanwu begged for mercy with a wry smile: "Can you relax a little bit in the investigation, even if you ask me to arrest some thieves?" It’s okay to cut off the monster’s head.”

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs is not ignorant of flexibility, Cheng Xiaoyou can rest assured." Feng Gong said: "Just in time, there have been rumors of monsters frequently in Yanchi near Lingzhou recently. I am planning to send capable people to investigate. If there are monsters, we will Exterminate them on the spot. This matter is most appropriate as Cheng Xiaoyou's inspection of being an embroidered envoy."

"Salt pond monster? No problem!" Cheng Sanwu repeatedly patted his chest, with a look of pride, and immediately replied: "This matter is on me!"

"Cheng Xiaoyou don't need to be anxious." Eunuch Feng said with a look of caring for the younger generation: "Since it is an investigation, of course you can't go alone, you must be accompanied by someone."

Afu put down the teacup: "I brought the person, let me inspect it."

Eunuch Feng smiled lightly and said, "Mr. Shangzhang has been busy for many days, so it is not appropriate to work any longer, otherwise it will appear that I am unwilling to show compassion for everyone. Moreover, according to the news from Lingzhou, it is not a big disaster for the monster in Yanchi. Mr. Shangzhang is a great laborer? I can dispatch a few more envoys with green ribbons and embroidered clothes."

Afu frowned slightly, but did not refute.

"When is Cheng Xiaoyou going to leave?" Eunuch Feng asked again.

"I can go when I feed the horse." Cheng Sanwu looked impatient.

"Okay, Cheng Xiaoyou makes preparations first." Eunuch Feng smiled and nodded, then looked at Afu: "Please Shang Zhangjun prepare a customs clearance document for Cheng Xiaoyou, if he lacks a weapon at hand, I will take him to the Department of Divine Works .”

"Yes." Afu agreed blankly, then got up to say goodbye, and left Gongchen Castle with Cheng Sanwu.

"It seems that Eunuch Feng thinks this person is useful?" After a while, several people hiding in the corner came out one after another, Yan Fengjun waving his tail, looking like a scholar.

"It's indeed usable, but don't trust it." Eunuch Feng put away his smile, his intentions were unpredictable.

(End of this chapter)