Although they are said to be gatekeepers, the Jinyiwei are still considered high-level combat units. The imperial court has not exaggerated to this extent and really asked them to watch the gate of the capital.
However, Lu Hanjiang will probably stay in the capital during this period. The biggest task of Jinyiwei at this stage is to guard against threats from the world.
Even though these Jianghu people are scattered here and there, they seem to be nothing to worry about. Indeed, if the horse and horse are to confront each other head-on, even all the Jianghu forces in the world will not be able to stop the imperial court's attack.
But if a head-on confrontation is not possible, it does not mean that they as a whole are not good. Since ancient times, the group of knights has been a lingering nightmare for the court. Starting from Zhu Hai and Hou Chen, and later Jing Ke, the power of knights has never been small.
In this world, although you can't do whatever you want if you are good at martial arts, if others want to deal with you, they have basically no way to go.
In order to ensure that the heads of the gentlemen in the capital would not be decapitated by assassins sent from the sky, the Beizhili area of the capital was the key garrison area of the Jinyiwei, which was considered to be the strongest part of the Imperial Guards.
Staying in this area is the so-called gatekeeping. Basically, nothing major happens, but the daily inspections and precautions are also very detailed and cumbersome.
Of course, this kind of life is like a fish in water for Lu Hanjiang. He makes tea and reads the newspaper every day. Naturally, his subordinates have to worry about his work. If there are no crazy people making trouble outside, he doesn't even have to move his nest.
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However, even though he was enjoying his leisure time, he desperately wanted to seek bad luck.
"Mr. Lu's little life was very nourishing."
The old guy who was tied up below said with a yin and yang look on his face, "It's just that the yin is quite yin, not necessarily yang, because this man is a eunuch."
Smelling the smell of trouble, Lu Hanjiang put down the blocks in his hand impatiently and asked, "I wonder what my father-in-law is called?"
"Our family serves His Highness the Fourth Highness, and is in charge of all matters in the palace." Even if he is tied up like a salted fish, this father-in-law can't really pretend to be a salted fish. They say that beating a dog depends on the owner. You are good at this.
He set it up and grilled it!
The fourth prince?
Lu Hanjiang was speechless for a while. His Highness, because Qiao Shifang was away, couldn't bear the loneliness and came to have fun with him? This father-in-law was the same. What was on his mind? If he didn't walk through the gate and climb over the wall, he deserved to be tied up by his men.
Little did he know that Lu Hanjiang felt depressed, and this father-in-law was even more depressed than him.
The fourth prince likes martial arts and does not want to stay in the court to guide the country. He likes to wander around as a knight, so the people around him are also carefully selected. The guards must be good at martial arts, and the maids must be beautiful and fragrant.
The servants who sweep the floor are all old monks from Shaolin Temple who have priority.
However, no master has ever gone to his house to sweep the floor.
Speaking of this father-in-law, he can be the general manager of the fourth prince, so he certainly has the skills, but no matter how strong your martial arts skills are, if you force your way into the heavily guarded Qianhu Station, isn't that asking for death?
Not to mention breaking the law, not to mention the hundreds of households left behind, there are three circles of crossbows and arrows outside, which is enough for one person to drink a pot.
If this old guy hadn't had a tough waist and a weak neck, and when he saw that he was about to be shot, he quickly took out his token to identify himself, it would have been impossible for the fourth prince to change his manager today.
Now that his identity has been revealed, Lu Hanjiang naturally can't tie him up anymore and just take him to the imperial prison and put him on the tiger bench.
"Take him down." Lu Hanjiang waved his hand, and Bian Guang stepped forward and tapped several of the father-in-law's acupuncture points, making a show of dragging him away.
"Sir, wait a minute! Wait a minute!"
Seeing Bian Guang actually taking action, the father-in-law finally panicked. He discovered miserably that even Lu Qianhu, who was known as the most talkative member of the Jinyi Guard, would not give him, the manager of the prince's palace, any face.
The Jin Yiwei of this dynasty can be said to be the most powerful in history. Although the commander, Meng Yuanna, could not be said to have overwhelming power, no one in the court dared to provoke him.
Meng Yuan was born into a military family. He had developed good skills by studying literature and martial arts since he was a child. He also made great achievements in resisting foreign aggression in his early years. From a hundred households all the way to a commander, he suppressed countless powerful people.
People of his age are now the mainstays in the court. Overtly everyone is more restrained, but secretly there are countless people like Lu Shangshu who have personal relationships with him. The emperor regards him as his heart, and there is also a concubine and sister in the harem.
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With such a background, if Jin Yiwei is not arrogant at all, he will not be able to afford this skin. With such a boss, no one can offend anyone, let alone just a prince's butler. Even if the fourth prince himself comes in person and dares to break into a thousand houses, these Jin Yiwei are the same
Dare to take action.
A prince who is not favored will be beaten in the face.
Either Lu Hanjiang is snobbish, or he does nothing, the people below him will do the same. It is the principle of officialdom to support the superior and suppress the inferior. As long as Meng Yuan does not fall, Jin Yiwei will not look at the ground.
"Sir, misunderstandings are all misunderstandings."
The father-in-law changed his previous disdain and bowed down to apologize: "Master Lu, my Highness heard that your Majesty Jiangnan and his party were working very hard, so he specially held a banquet at Zuihua Pavilion to welcome you. I hope you will show your respect."
He said this with a very low posture. It's hard for him, the manager of the prince's palace, to talk to others like this. No wonder Jin Yiwei is not popular with others.
A kind-hearted person like Lu Hanjiang was the last person to see someone begging him like this, so he agreed. However, things came to an end, so he said: "Trespassing to Qianhu's residence should have been killed on the spot, but you are the prince after all.
Servant, if you kill His Highness, it won’t look good anywhere.”
"Don't worry, sir. I understand, I understand." The father-in-law nodded repeatedly. This was the rhythm of making a stroke. He also often did this, and the door was clear.
Lu Hanjiang signaled Bian Guang to follow the father-in-law back. After the two of them walked out of the hall, they heard Jiang Xian, who was guarding them, say: "Sir, how should the superiors explain this to you? The Fourth Highness is the prince after all."
"Yinzi can find a reason to walk around in public. You know this, right?" Lu Hanjiang said nonchalantly.
"Master Qianhu, what I mean is that His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince may seem to have a clean behind his back, but in fact there are a lot of things involved." Jiang Xian, as Lu Hanjiang's confidant, naturally often investigates some relatively secretive things for him, so he would say these words.
strangeness.
"That makes sense, so let's not go."
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No, sir, since you don't want to go, why did you agree to the old eunuch? This is no more hateful than refusing directly.
Jiang Xian didn't dare to say anything. He kept guessing what Lu Hanjiang was thinking, but he didn't know that it was actually very simple. He suddenly remembered that the Zuihua Pavilion was not on his way home, so he didn't want to go there.
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On the other side, the fourth prince had been waiting at the Zuihua Pavilion early, which could be said to be a good gesture. Then he first heard that his steward was caught breaking in, and then he heard that he was forced to spend money to ward off the disaster. Then, Mingming
Lu Hanjiang, who had promised to come to the banquet, suddenly broke the appointment.
The fourth prince's expression is truly wonderful.
Didn't Qiao Shifang say that Lu Hanjiang was very easy to talk to? Why did he let him go as soon as he came up?