Jinyiwei Commander Xu Kaiying, after being scolded by Xiao Chen and left the tavern, did not dare to stay at all and ran back to the Jinyiwei Commandery Department in a hurry.
The captain on duty at the door saw his master and was about to step forward to salute.
Like a gust of wind, Xu Kaiying has rushed through the door.
The captain was stunned: "Commander, what's going on? Have you started practicing Qing Gong?"
He muttered, no longer thinking about it, and continued to take a step back and stood at his post.
There was no one in the hall, Xu Kaiying sat down on the chair, breathing heavily.
Although Xiao Chen scolded himself rudely and even smashed the table in the tavern angrily, when he thought that all this was because he cared about himself, Xu Kaiying's face was filled with a happy smile again.
Picking up the teapot on the table, no matter what time of year it was, I drank from the spout of the teapot.
It wasn't until his stomach felt full that he put down the teapot, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, stood up, and rushed towards the back hall.
The back hall is where Xu Kaiying stayed at the Jinyiwei Commandery Department.
According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, although he had his own residence in the capital, he only arranged his family there. Xu Kaiying still lived in Jinyiwei on weekdays.
In the back hall, there is a not very big bed and his daily change of clothes.
Xiao Chen said that he had not been convicted yet and was still the commander of the Jin Yiwei. When entering the palace to see the emperor, he must wear the Jin Yiwei's court uniform.
But when she rushed into the back hall and looked at the empty clothes racks, Xu Kaiying couldn't help but be stunned.
My court clothes have always been hung on this hanger, but why are they missing?
"Come here, come here." Returning to the hall, Xu Kaiying roared loudly.
Hearing the sound, the service captain outside the hall hurriedly walked in and hugged his fists: "My subordinate is here."
"Where is my court dress? Who took my court dress?" Xu Kaiying's eyes widened, with a look of anxiety on her face.
"This morning, Meng Qianhu came over and said, Your Majesty, your court clothes are a bit dirty, so I asked my subordinates to wash them. Just as my subordinates were about to go in and get them, Meng Qianhu said again that he was afraid that his servants would ruin your court clothes, so he took them away.
Let’s go and wash it myself.”
"Meng Guang? He is such a troublesome person. Ask him to come over." Xu Kaiying waved her hand and sat down on the chair again.
"Yes." The captain responded, turned around and left in a hurry.
Meng Guang, like Zhang Jin, was Xu Kaiying's subordinate in Tianjin Guard before he came to Jinyi Guard.
Zhang Jin is a Qianhu, while Meng Guang is just a deputy Qianhu.
Unlike Zhang Jin, Meng Guang didn't have much foresight. What impressed Xu Kaiying was his absolute obedience and loyalty.
After arriving at Jinyiwei, although there were more opportunities to discuss matters with Zhang Jin on weekdays, Xu Kaiying still promoted Meng Guang from Deputy Qianhu to Qianhu.
After all, this is the person he brought here, so how can he still carry a subtitle in front of Qianhu.
Because of his gratitude, Meng Guang would come to the Commanding Office to take care of Xu Kaiying's daily life as long as he was not busy.
Although he is in the position of a thousand households, he does what Xu Kaiying should do as a personal guard.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and a tall, thick, honest-looking man, dressed in the gorgeous Qianhu uniform of Jin Yiwei, with an exquisite embroidered spring knife hanging between his waist, hurriedly walked over.
As soon as his front foot crossed the threshold, he had already raised his fists: "Sir, are you looking for me?"
The sound of urn, urn, urn, urn, urn, qi, sounds rude and unusual.
"You took away my court uniform?" Xu Kaiying stared.
"When I came here to clean up the back hall for you, I found some stains on the court clothes. Thinking that it was already three o'clock in the morning, it was already past the morning court time, and the court clothes were no longer needed, so I took them out for you to wash.
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"Bring me the court clothes, I want to wear them now."
Meng Guangda grinned and smiled honestly: "Sir, the court clothes have been washed not long ago and are still drying in the sun."
"Not long after, bring me even the freshly washed ones." Xu Kaiying slapped the table with her palm.
"Yes, yes, I will go get it now."
With his head lowered, Meng Guang turned around and left in a hurry.
Xu Kaiying's head was swollen with anger, he turned around, grabbed the teapot on the table, and poured it into the spout again.
Not long after, Meng Guang appeared outside the gate.
There was no joy on Xu Kaiying's face, but anger brewing in her heart.
In Meng Guang's hand, he didn't hold his court clothes at all, but a large wooden basin.
Judging from the color leaking out, what's inside the basin should be his court clothes.
Walking into the hall, he put the wooden basin on the ground. Meng Guang, a tall man, had a layer of sweat on his forehead, perhaps because he was anxious.
"My lord, your court clothes." Meng Guang pointed to the wooden basin on the ground and whispered as if he had done something wrong.
Xu Kaiying stood up with a dark face, walked to the wooden basin in a few steps, bent down, grabbed the imperial robe and picked it up.
There are dripping water beads, and it has been left to dry for a while, which means it has just been washed.
Or they weren't washed at all and were just thrown into the basin.
"Is this the court dress you've been drying for a while? Your court dress has been drying for a while, and it's still dripping like this?"
Xu Kaiying's face turned green and she really wanted to slap Meng Guang to death.
"It has been drying for a while." Meng Guang grinned, "It was because it was still dripping, so my subordinate brought it over in a wooden basin."
"When you wash your clothes, don't you wring them out before drying them?"
Xu Kaiying was so angry that she was out of breath.
"Twist it, my subordinates wrung out their own clothes and then dried them to dry."
"Why aren't my court clothes wrung out? Did you bring them over to fool me before they were washed?"
"No, no." Meng Guang waved his hand quickly, "The clothes that have been wrung out are wrinkled and unsightly after drying. The subordinate thought that these are the court clothes of adults, so they can be dried directly like this. After drying, they will be very smooth and look better when worn out.
a little."
"You are really thoughtful." Xu Kaiying threw the court clothes into the wooden basin, and squatted on the ground with her head in her hands in despair.
This time, Meng Guang was stunned.
You just wash your own clothes, how come adults are like this?
"Sir, what's wrong with you? Are you in a hurry to wear court clothes?" Meng Guang asked cautiously with his body slightly bowed.
"Do you know what happened to Ma Yunshan?" Xu Kaiying asked weakly, holding her head.
"I know. Aren't they all taken down by the Ministry of Punishment?"
"Then do you know that the emperor is angry about this and wants to kill all the royal guards?"
"I've heard about this too." Meng Guang chuckled, "There are so many people in the Jinyi Guards, but not all of them are people like Ma Yunshan who seek personal gain with power. The emperor must have said something so angry that he won't kill them all."
"You're quite reasonable." Xu Kaiying shook her head, slowly stood up, walked to the table, and sat down.
Seeing that Xu Kaiying was no longer angry, Meng Guang finally relaxed, his heart in his throat.
Grinning, he walked up to Xu Kaiying and said, "I'm not going to court now, so why are you wearing court clothes?"
"Enter the palace, see the emperor, and apologize to the emperor."
"You didn't take part in the Ma Yunshan incident, so what's your crime?"
"I am the commander. If anything happens to Ma Yunshan, I am guilty. I am jointly and severally guilty."
"Then what should we do?" He turned around and glanced at Xu Kaiying's court clothes in the wooden basin. Meng Guang looked guilty, "How about my subordinates wring out the court clothes now and dry them in the sun?"
"Why dry it? Wring it dry. I'll just wear it." Xu Kaiying stood up with a look of helplessness on her face.
"But, no matter how dry you are, it will still be wet, right?"
"It's still a long way from Jinyiwei to the palace. The sun is shining brightly outside, and when we get to the palace, it's sunny and windy, so the court clothes should be dry."
With that said, Xu Kaiying walked to the wooden basin and picked up the collar of her court dress.
Meng Guang knew that he was in the wrong and hurriedly reached out to hold the hem of the imperial robe.
The two people worked hard at the same time, twisting the court clothes like a hemp rope.
The rushing water gathered into a "small river" on the floor of the hall.
It wasn't until there was no more water dripping that the two of them let go of their hands and straightened their court clothes.
Raising her arms, Xu Kaiying put the court dress on her body.
The wet court clothes clung to his body, making him feel cold.
"Sir, why don't you let it dry in the sun before wearing it? It's not a good image to go out like this." Looking at Xu Kaiying's funny look, Meng Guang said in a low voice.
"Image? Is image more important, or life?"
After saying the next sentence, Xu Kaiying hurriedly walked out of the door.
Meng Guang was left standing there like a fool, with his mouth wide open and at a loss.