After killing the people, seeing them watering the ground, and then raising the wooden threshold so that the blood on the ground could flow into the ditch outside the house after cleaning, Hua Qi walked down leisurely and patted someone affectionately. The few who did not join in the work, but stood there like clay sculptures and wood sculptures, stood on the shoulders of the imperial attendants, and Shi Shiran walked out of the Justice Hall.
When he came straight to Qianqing Palace to ask for an audience, the blood-splattered official uniform had already been taken off and replaced by a pair of casual clothes that looked very out of place in the palace.
The fact that he killed people in the Criminal Court had not yet had time to spread in the palace... because most of the rooms there were replaced by people he had personally discovered and taught to guard the door. It was impossible for anyone to fly with wings. He came out, so although people who came in and out of Qianqing Palace saw that he was dressed casually, most of them didn't pay much attention.
However, when Chen Yongshou, who had personally greeted him, came to him, he still couldn't help but sniffed slightly, then frowned and asked, "Master Hua Qi, what does this smell like on you?"
"What smell? Of course it's the smell of blood." Hua Qi chuckled, and when Chen Yongshou's face suddenly froze, he joked, "I just killed a few people, why is Eunuch Chen so timid?"
What does this have to do with cowardice? After you killed someone, you didn't clean yourself before coming to see the saint? And remember, you didn't seem to have been out of the palace today, right? Where did you kill someone so late at night? Although Chen Yongshou Knowing that the person in front of him could enter and leave Qianqing Palace at any time, it seemed that he was not a general who had made many meritorious deeds in Zhao Guogong's mansion, but after hearing that simple answer, he still couldn't help but go crazy. However, he had no intention of going back to bathe and change clothes. The emperor summoned him directly again, but he couldn't say much.
Bite the bullet, he brought the person into Dongnuang Pavilion. He took a look at the ranking lists piled up like a hill next to him, and felt that one was as big as two. There was no way he dared to stay more. Seeing that the emperor had no instructions, he immediately tiptoed away. Go out. As soon as he opened the door curtain and stepped out, he heard the emperor's voice coming from inside the door.
"Is everything settled? Are any of those guys dissatisfied with you?"
"Kill five, and they won't dare to refuse."
Chen Yongshou was frightened and hurriedly walked away. When Hua Qi inside heard the footsteps, he saw the carelessness on the emperor's face, clearly not caring about the person he killed, so he put away his smile and reported truthfully: "They are all a few guys who have been confirmed to be dead and innocent. Chu Kuan provided some evidence, and I also collected some before. After killing them, I will add new ones."
"Well, since I have entrusted these things to you, you can just go ahead and do it." The emperor casually unfolded a piece of paper and looked at the names that he had never heard of before, but he still looked at them very carefully. After scoring each question, he said slowly, "The reputation of the Imperial Attendant has always been circulated in private. After rumors spread, it was inevitable that he would be demonized."
"Since you have taken over, then stand on the bright side. Choose two young but safe ones, it doesn't matter if they are trainees, and serve as sparring partners for Saburo and Shiro, so that they can practice their physical skills solidly. Then, leave a few to do it occasionally. Those who do dirty things, others will follow the bright road. For example, look at the ranking list that Zhang Shou made for me. It takes a lot of manpower to put up dozens of rolls of paper."
"Seeing this, those Imperial College supervisors might get angry and tear things off. Therefore, your first task now is to mobilize a group of capable people. I hope that these ranking lists will appear early tomorrow morning.
On the eight-character wall at the entrance of the Imperial College. Remember, be careful and don’t let any angry person tear up the list. Also, I don’t care whether you beat gongs or drums, or in other ways, in short, attract
Enough people go there to watch the fun."
"Moreover, we must attract as many people as possible who come to the capital to take exams to watch the fun!"
"Your Majesty, your demands are really high. It's no problem to post the ranking list, but it really makes me want to break my head if I want to attract the people to see the excitement." Hua Qi frowned as if she had a headache, and then she seemed to be pure.
He asked out of curiosity, "By the way, how many attendants of the East Palace will be chosen in the final list?"
"Originally it was said to be ten, but now I have looked at the rankings and scores, as well as the answer sheets brought by Liu Zhiyuan. Let's take the top five from the Sixth Hall of the Imperial College - they don't have to think there is any injustice, although it will not be equal to all six halls.
However, only two of Suixing Hall were occupied, and one of the other three halls was occupied. The other two halls were not sealed, but they deserved it."
The emperor sighed as if he hated the iron, and then lightly tapped the handrail with his finger: "Let's take the top two in Banshan Hall. Although Shi Wen's writing is a complete mess, there are actually two policies on farming that are really good.
It’s remarkable and can be called an unexpected surprise.”
With the emperor's order, Hua Qi suddenly knew that when the ranking list was posted tomorrow, it would probably cause an uproar.
So, when he exited the Qianqing Palace and returned to the Justice Hall, he saw a lot of people still working hard to water and mop the floor. They were really working in full swing. He didn't think that he would cause such a big trouble by killing people everywhere.
He felt conscious and clapped his hands lightly.
"After you finish your work, go back and tidy up. Follow me out in the evening. The emperor has an order for an urgent mission."
The so-called "urgent mission" has been heard by the imperial servants even if they have never done it. After all, in the past, when they were under the jurisdiction of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, or were assigned to Qianqing Palace, Kunning Palace or Qingning Palace, it was inevitable that they would have one or two times.
when doing something.
The difference is that most of the time the emperor just wants to leave the palace on a whim, and wants to visit a certain mansion at night to meet a certain minister; the queen mother usually dispatches the imperial servants as ordinary chamberlains, and the so-called urgent tasks are sometimes nothing more than ordinary servants.
He went to Qianqing Palace to deliver a message, and he went to a minister outside the palace to bring a message.
Comparatively speaking, it is Kunning Palace that is the most dangerous. In the past twenty years, everyone has watched the queen's temperament become increasingly extreme and her methods more and more vicious. In the palace, because the Queen Mother is still watching,
The emperor was under pressure, so he couldn't do anything. But if someone from the queen's family came into the palace and complained about how they were outside, then most of the time, the imperial attendants working in Kunning Palace would suffer.
Because they are the knives in the hands of the queen. Although killing people are not often done, after all, the environment and public opinion in the capital must be taken into consideration, but it is really common for someone to break a leg or an arm for nothing!
Now that the immediate boss has just taken up his new job, the emperor has assigned a task. No one dares to slack off at this time to show off to his boss. Those who dare are already dead. Therefore, everyone complains in their hearts while urgently continuing.
After cleaning the public hall, they finally waited until there was no trace of blood on the floor, and the smell of blood gradually dissipated because the door was open, and then they hurried back to the living room.
By the time a large number of people tidied themselves up and reappeared in the yard in front of the Justice Hall, it was already late at night. More than thirty people were standing in the wind. Although they were all wearing black cloaks, they could not
After just a short while, they still felt cold to the core.
Fortunately, Hua Qi did not leave them waiting in Fengdi. He showed up not long after and ordered everyone to leave without saying a word. Until everyone was walking in silence, first out of Xuanwu Gate and then out of Bei'an.
When I opened the door and saw a carriage parked on the other side, and there were several unfamiliar handymen in green clothes next to the carriage, my nerves suddenly became tense.
Could it be that he was escorting a nobleman... maybe even the emperor out of the palace? Where were he going this late at night? Was he going to a minister's house for a heart-to-heart talk, or maybe the emperor had met some confidante outside the palace?
?
Although the latter possibility is relatively low, after all, the emperor is not that ridiculous, but now the queen has become a deposed queen, there are only two noble concubines left in the palace, and there is already a prince in the East Palace, even the queen mother does not care much
It’s the emperor’s private matter!
Although there were endless doubts in their hearts, no one dared to ask another word. They immediately followed Hua Qi's instructions, mounted their horses, and walked with the carriage, carefully guarding the carriage as it moved forward. When the carriage finally stopped,
Next, people familiar with the terrain suddenly realized that this was outside the Imperial College.
Immediately afterwards, they saw Hua Qi dismounting and walking directly to the carriage, reaching out and opening the door. Because this was the Imperial College, everyone thought that most of the people who got off the car had suddenly left the palace for a night outing on a whim.
The emperor of the Imperial College, however, looked directly at them after Hua Qi opened the door.
"What are you still doing? Come here and move your things!"
Moving... moving things? A large group of royal servants are simply stupid. Such ordinary carriages have always been a must for the emperor to travel incognito. In the past, they did not work with the Ruiqi battalion to carefully escort the retinue out of the palace, but now
From Hua Qi’s tone, what was in the car instead of the emperor? The urgent task in the middle of the night was actually to move something?
After the first person was stunned for a long time, he hurriedly went up to move the things out of the carriage, and the others quickly rolled up their sleeves and joined in.
However, what they thought was a heavy object turned out to be rolls of fluttering yellow paper. Everyone's intention to show off their strength in front of the new boss was completely in vain. Instead, they couldn't help but start thinking wildly.
It seems that the emperor has been dissatisfied with the Imperial College for a long time, otherwise he would not have come to the Imperial College in person before, issuing orders to rectify the Imperial College, and to upgrade the grades of the priests and other academic officials. It had some effect at first, but after the disputes,
Both Jiuzhangtang and Banshantang were directly separated from the Imperial College, and this highest institution of learning seems to have become the target of public criticism again.
Now in the middle of the night, the emperor suddenly sent these imperial servants on an urgent mission. Could it be that he wanted to post a lot of unofficial posts that were not conducive to the academic officials of the Imperial College?
Sure enough, under the eyes of everyone who could not hide their curiosity and doubts, Hua Qi said lightly: "The yellow list is marked in order. According to the number, post it on the wall. Post it next to each other. Don't go back and post it.
Shi was dumbfounded. The emperor has seen all of this one by one. You should do your work more carefully. If anyone pastes it wrong, he will go back and receive the punishment himself!"
Seeing that twenty or thirty people had moved all the paper rolls down, and the buckets of paste used for pasting were also distributed, but then one person started to look at the blank wall in a daze, and Hua Qi couldn't help scolding him angrily.
Said: "Calculate the width of the paper roll, measure the length of the wall with steps, then mark the position with an ink line, and finally paste it. Do you want me to teach you this?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately dispersed like birds and beasts, and went to work separately. Facing this scene, Hua Qi snorted angrily: "A group of guys who only know how to fight and kill, their brains are really beaten with swords."
It’s mushy!”
He said it easily, but he was thinking in his heart that the imperial court or the government had never pasted such a large number of notices... Therefore, after Zhang Shou proposed the killer move of all rankings, he had already marked both sides of the Imperial College.
The length and height of the wall were taken into account, and even when preparing the paper roll, the width and length were estimated, and the dimensions were calculated using the ink line drawing table.
Therefore, he, who was working as an overseer with his hands folded, had a bad taste in his heart and thought about how the overseers of the Imperial College would react when they saw this gift when they came to class tomorrow.
Of course, he has not forgotten the task assigned to him by the emperor, which is to attract people...especially to raise people's attention to this matter. However, the method of beating gongs and drums and shouting in the streets is undoubtedly very uncreative.
There were personnel changes in the office of the Supervisor of Ceremonies before I went to work. This is what the troublemakers did. But if you break people into pieces and send them out to spread this ranking list all over the streets, it will attract people to look...
This seems a bit deliberate. How about taking a different approach?
Hua Qi squinted her eyes slightly, then glanced at the group of imperial servants who were engaged in a vigorous act, and she quietly retreated into the night.
In the West Nuan Pavilion of Zhaoren Palace, the fourth prince could only sleep alone tonight because the third prince was holding a candle to do his homework. When he felt someone pushing him hard, he couldn't help getting up and became angry. He raised his arm and hit him.
In the past, the elderly palace servants who served in Zhaoren Hall had long been accustomed to his little problem, and would easily grab his hands and feet and pull him up.
However, today, the fourth prince suddenly felt a cold touch on his neck, and subconsciously let out a scream, but the sound that reached his throat could not come out. All his sleepiness suddenly disappeared, and he opened his eyes suddenly
There was a face vaguely shaking in front of his eyes, and his mouth was tightly covered by a big hand. There was no need to mention his fear.
But the next moment, he heard a soft voice: "Fourth Prince, it's me. I have a small task tomorrow that can help His Highness the Crown Prince and Academician Zhang. Can you come forward to help?"
Huh? The fourth prince's eyes suddenly widened, and he finally saw clearly that the person in front of him often wandered around in front of his father - and of course often wandered around the palace. He used to come from Zhao Guogong's palace, but now he is responsible for teaching him and his third brother.
Hua Qi, a martial artist. He remembered that he was Ah Liu’s master, and his behavior seemed to be very special, so he thought about it and suppressed the anger in his heart.
But the other party suddenly sneaked in in the middle of the night and said such words, he couldn't help but feel a little hesitant. When Hua Qi whispered something in his ear, the naughty kid who had just been murmuring immediately became very happy, not to mention the joy.
Without much hesitation, he immediately nodded heavily and said: "Don't worry, I will take care of all this little matter!"
He believes that even if the third brother has become increasingly strict with him recently, he will definitely agree to him this time!