When they arrived inside, they saw an old man in his fifties wearing casual clothes with blue sea patterns sitting behind a mahogany desk. When he saw them coming in, he took off his reading glasses on the bridge of his nose and raised his head, staring at the two of them hesitantly.
"you……"
"Why, you don't recognize us anymore?" Yinxiang came in and unceremoniously took the chair and sat down. Hearing this sentence, the eyelids of the servants waiting nearby jumped. They had never seen anyone talking to Fu Yin like this.
When your Excellency speaks, even a high-ranking official from the capital speaks politely to Lord Fu Yin; unlike the person in front of me, who seems not to take Lord Fu Yin seriously at all.
"Who are you two?" The governor was made more and more confused by his attitude. Who is this person from the capital... He seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.
Before finding out the identity of the two people, the governor did not dare to be rude and ordered people to serve tea. He stood up and went to the two of them and said politely: "I don't know your surname?"
"Chen Yuanjing, Jinshi in the 31st year of Kangxi's reign, ranked 17th in the second class of high school, was transferred to the county magistrate of Pingzhang County. Later, the magistrate of Pingzhang County retired, and you took his place; you devoted yourself to the development of farming and diverted water to farmland.
The problem of local irrigation has been solved. In Pingzhang County under your governance, the roads are not picked up and the crops are
Live a prosperous life, and when you are transferred at the end of your term, the local people greet you on the street and even give you umbrellas. In the forty-third year of Kangxi's reign, you were promoted to the governor of Hangzhou Prefecture, and you have been there until now." After saying this, Yinzhen looked at him with a half-smile but not a smile.
Chen Yuanjing, who looked furious, said, "How about it, Mr. Chen, did I say anything wrong?"
Chen Yuanjing was dumbfounded when he heard this. Who was this man in front of him? He could actually tell you all his experiences after passing the Jinshi exam verbatim. Even the Wanmin Umbrella knew that it was placed in the back hall at the moment.
The origins of these two people are by no means simple. With this thought, Chen Yuanjing motioned to the waiters to step back. After the four-sided carved door was closed, Fang Ning said in a loud voice: "Where did you two come from, and why do you know so much about me?"
as clear as that?”
"You haven't remembered yet?" Yinxiang said casually, stroking the tea cup: "Let me ask you, in the forty-third year of Kangxi's reign, did you go to the Ministry of Civil Service for evaluation before you were promoted to the prefect of Hangzhou?" Seeing Chen Yuanjing nod, he continued.
: "Later, because of your excellent performance in the examination, the emperor specially summoned you to go to court and rewarded you with a yellow horse hexagram, right?"
It was still word for word, and it seemed that they should have been in court at that time, but in terms of age of the two people in front of them, even the older one looked to be around thirty at most, which means that they were only two in the forty-three years of Kangxi's reign.
Over ten years old, no one who can go to court is not an important minister of the imperial court. He can't remember such a young minister.
Uh, wait a minute, he remembered that in addition to the courtiers, there were other elder brothers there, and according to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, the elder brothers were qualified to listen to political affairs. So...
Chen Yuanjing's eyes widened. The more he looked at them, the more familiar he felt, especially the one with a stern expression. Could it be true? He stood there speechless for a long time, but apart from his elder brother's identity, he had no other
I can't think of anyone else who understands me so clearly, even what happens in the court.
Chen Yuanjing thought hard and finally managed to match the two faces in front of him with the two faces standing in the court five years ago. However, because it took so long, he didn't know whether it was right or wrong, so he asked carefully: "Two faces."
Are they the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother?"
Yinxiang threw the cup of tea onto the teacup where the water vapor was rising and said calmly: "At least you are not dim-sighted yet."
Such words acknowledged each other's identities. Chen Yuanjing hurriedly stepped forward to pay homage, "Your Majesty, Chen Yuanjing, would like to say hello to the fourth elder brother, and to say hello to the thirteenth elder brother. Good luck to the two elder brothers. I don't know if the two elder brothers are here."
I'm so far away, please forgive me."
"Master Chen, please get up." Yinzhen helped him up and said, "Don't blame me if you don't know. Besides, this is not in the capital. It's just casual."
Chen Yuanjing only responded, "I wonder if you two brothers have come all the way to do something important?"
Seeing that he finally got to the point, Yinzhen didn't waste any time and took out a letter sealed with wax from his arms, "The emperor has a secret decree for me to give to you."
After hearing the word "secret edict", Chen Yuanjing, who had just straightened up, quickly knelt down again. After kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times, he took the letter from Yinzhen with both hands. Originally, receiving the edict was to burn incense and cleanse one's hands, but the secret edict can be used as an expedient.
He lowered his head and took a closer look, and saw a small royal seal printed on the sealing wax. He opened it carefully, took out the letter inside and read it carefully. His expression changed slightly. After reading it all, he handed it to Yinzhen as it was.
"I will obey the emperor's imperial edict and will do my best to help Si Age trace the whereabouts of this huge sum of money."
"Very good." Yinzhen nodded with satisfaction, "But until we find out, we are not allowed to reveal my identity and that of the Thirteenth Master. Everything needs to be done in secret."
Chen Yuanjing was about to say that he understood, but he heard Yinzhen say again: "In addition, I have one more thing to tell you. It may disturb the people, but there is no other way." After that, he whispered a few words in Chen Yuanjing's ear,
Chen Yuanjing nodded repeatedly, "I understand, Fourth Master, I can rest assured, but as for the impact of disturbing the people, I will try to minimize it."
"Then I have to thank Mr. Chen." Before coming, Yinzhen had already transferred the case files from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and carefully checked Chen Yuanjing's details. He knew that he was an upright official who did practical things. He had been serving as a local official over the years and was the same as Yinzhen.
They had no connection with each other, and he had a very good impression of Chen Yuanjing in the court.
Although he and Yinxiang are elder brothers with distinguished status, they are unfamiliar with the place in Hangzhou and have no available soldiers. They must find someone they can trust to cooperate with their actions. Chen Yuanjing is both a good person in terms of status and person.
It's the best choice.
"I wonder which inn you two brothers are staying in now? If there is any news, I can report it to you." The visitors from the imperial court are supposed to stay at the inn, but since Yinzhen and his two people came here incognito, they must have chosen to rest in the inn.
"Yunlai Inn's room number eight, room number nine." Yinxiang said next to him. The Yunlai Inn here is similar to Jiangning's in terms of space, land, and people. The price difference is several times, and the room number Tianzi is even more astonishing.
For two taels of gold a night, those who could afford it were either wealthy businessmen or high-ranking officials. In order to attract too much attention, Yinzhen only chose a second-class house with a local name to stay. Even so, it still cost 10 taels of silver a night.
After a while, Yinzhen and others came out of the Hangzhou Yamen. Chen Yuanjing originally wanted to send them out in person, but Yinzhen disagreed, so he had to send them to Yin Gongmen. When walking down the last step at the entrance of the Yamen, a man
The figure rushed out and couldn't help but collided with Yinzhen.
"I'm sorry." The figure pushed Yinzhen's arms away as quickly as possible, and it turned out to be a woman's voice.