The cool breeze blew by, making people who got up early feel energetic.
After summer, the scorching heat at noon makes people unable to even move, so the day's work must be done in the early morning and evening.
In the east of the city, the servants of the high-ranking officials had prepared carriages, horses and sedans early. When it was dawn, the officials from each court walked out of their mansions, got on the carriages, horses and sedans, and headed towards the palace.
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Then I waited outside the palace for His Majesty to go to court. After entering the Changhua Hall, I chanted a few words of long live, and then I looked at my nose, nose, and heart, only listening but not speaking.
Generally speaking, the morning court lasts only half an hour. After Prime Minister Mu has finished saying that everything is going well, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, Prime Minister Luo will jump out and sing the opposite tune. After a quarrel, His Majesty will encourage each party with a few words without interest, and then everyone will go back to their own ways.
At home, those who hold the concubine hold the concubine, and those who hold the child hold the child.
But today in the east of the city, among the people rushing to go to court, there was a rather eye-catching figure.
Among the cars and sedans filling the street, that man walked.
He was wearing a green gown, holding a meat bun in his left hand, and a bowl in his right hand, which was still steaming.
Lin Ji nodded.
"This is true, but after all, there is a regulation, and the states will not really treat the Qin Dynasty as nothing because of this."
But what he didn't expect was that what he said casually to deal with his colleagues was actually heard by that person.
Cui Yan is silent.
"Master Cui, please use it."
"I know something." When Cui Yan talked about this, he couldn't laugh anymore.
While talking, a table the size of a bed table was placed in the small sedan, and Lin Ji conjured out a kettle and a small bowl.
For a moment, he couldn't say any more words of rejection. Cui Yan could only pick up the bowl and take a sip.
What did he want to do? Bring a murder weapon to court? He turned against him!
"What about now?" Lin Ji asked again.
Therefore, although he is only a third-rank man, sitting in his current position, no one in the civil and military circles dares to look down on him.
Seeing that Lin Ji really didn't care, Cui Yan looked at the small half of the meat bun in his hand and finally took a bite.
"Master Lin is going to the palace to attend court today? His Majesty summoned him?" Cui Yan finally asked what was on his mind.
This is no longer ordinary trust.
"That's not necessary."
Although Xiao Qilun was only a third-rank official, he walked in front of the emperor. Memorials of all sizes in Kyushu had to be reviewed by him before being handed over to Emperor Pei.
He had dealt with Lin Ji.
"Then I would like to thank Mr. Lin for your kindness?"
"For example, Qingzhou and Yanzhou in the west. These two states are the spittoons of Kyushu in the Central Plains. When your throat feels uncomfortable, you spit into it and clear your throat to throw away all the troubles that you can't catch, can't control, or don't want to deal with."
"There are always some places that Da Qin can take care of but doesn't want to."
After much thought, he finally gritted his teeth and made up his mind, broke off a third of a bun and handed it to Cui Yan.
Before he could say anything, the other party had already poured the soy milk on his face.
"Like Weizhou before, like Xiangzhou where Taiyi Sect is located, like Yangzhou in the south which is controlled by aristocratic families."
I saw him turning around, a smile on his face, and chewing a little faster.
"No, in the car!"
"Lin came to the palace to have fun." Lin Ji smiled and narrowed his eyes.
"That's what Mr. Lin said."
The person traveling with Xiao Qilun had a better background: Cui Yan, a second-rank official and Minister of Punishment.
But he was wearing commoner clothes, slovenly, and carrying a sword behind his back!
"For thousands of years, Da Qin has been known as the orthodox of the Nine Provinces, but in fact there are always a few places where Da Qin's hand cannot reach."
Lin Ji approached Cui Yan with brisk steps. The guards on both sides of the car originally wanted to stop him, but in the blink of an eye, the uninvited guest in front of him had disappeared.
He always felt that it would be difficult to chat without taking a bite.
The people were not allowed to leave, and they did not deserve to leave.
In the sedan, Lin Ji swallowed the meat bun in his hand in two or two mouthfuls, and took another sip of the soy milk in the bowl.
"I still have half a pot of soy milk here, Mr. Cui. Can you drink it? There are also meat buns in the clean bowl, but I can't give them to you. Although the cook in the house has made a lot, Lin only brought two when he came out. Originally, they were just
I wanted to try it, but who would have thought it would be unexpectedly delicious? We couldn’t help but be greedy, and one of us had already eaten it.”
This is Daqin after all.
"Nothing, just do your duties."
Don't tell me, it tastes really good.
The guard leader reacted, but just as he was about to make some move, he heard Cui Yan's voice.
"That belongs to Supervisor Tiansi, don't ask, don't take care of it." Cui Yan glanced at Lin Ji, then looked back, as if he was secretive and unwilling to talk in detail.
When this point appears on this road, it will only be the officials and entourage rushing to the morning court.
At that time, he was one of the chief interrogators of the case in Dali Temple, and at that time, Lin Ji was just a small servant of the Supervisor Tiansi.
The road to the east of the city goes straight to the palace. If you want to go elsewhere in the capital, there is a shorter road. This road was built for ministers to go to court.
After his backer Mu Hanfei slightly lost power, Wu Sicheng, the original general envoy, became the price of Mu Hanfei's loss of power. He lost his official position and returned to his hometown to retire.
Looking at the steamed buns handed to him, Cui Yan didn't accept them or not.
Shen Hong's case was tried by three departments, including the Criminal Department.
Just as he was about to start speaking, he couldn't help but glance at Cui Yan. When he saw Cui Yan staring at him, a look of depression appeared on his face.
"Isn't this Mr. Cui? We haven't seen you for a long time, and Mr. Cui's hair has turned a lot whiter."
"good."
Cui Yan couldn't refute.
"As ordered." The guards retreated one after another, pretending that nothing had happened.
But at the same time, Cui Yan also knew very well that in the eyes of Taoist monks, he, the second-rank Minister of Punishment, was probably just a lowly pawn, and should be ignored and not worth mentioning.
"this"
Lin Ji turned his hand, and another meat bun appeared in his hand.
Seeing Cui Yan's puzzled expression, Lin Ji asked: "Although Mr. Cui is in charge of the Criminal Department, he is also one of the people who go to the study. I cannot hide important national affairs from you, and I will not hide them from you. With the current situation in Jiuzhou in the Central Plains, I think Master Cui should come
Do you understand something?"
Nowadays, everyone in the court is reporting good news rather than bad news.
Of course, for a person like Cui Yan who has reached the pinnacle of civil service, it doesn't make any difference whether you are a commander or a wandering star in Jiantiansi, or whether you are just a headhunter somewhere.
Seeing this, Lin Ji laughed and said, "Why are you being polite to me?"
"Master Cui, who is that person? Why haven't I seen him before?" The person who asked the question was Xiao Qilun, the General Secretary.
Lin Jize chuckled and said: "I am talking about this just to let Mr. Cui understand that even if I am a selfish person who ignores worldly affairs and only knows about cultivation in the eyes of you civil servants, I still understand the situation in my heart. And we are better than others.
We see more thoroughly and know more. It’s not about wisdom, it’s about height.”
"That's why Lin went to court today. Lin wanted to have some fun and keep someone alive, that's all."
"Have fun? Save lives?"
"It's fun to see if Great Qin will really fall apart because of this, and to keep a colleague with some conscience alive."