Chapter 49: Don’t rub the sand
Luo Jing whispered: "Light incense, bow three times, insert the incense, and walk back to the Blood Gold Line. If you are not a believer, you are not allowed to kneel on the futon. After passing the Blood Gold Line, you are not allowed to speak. "
Li Qingxian nodded, glanced at the long blood-gold thread not far from the confession, took nine one-foot incense sticks from Han Anbo, lit it in the nine-crane cloud pattern copper stove, shook it to extinguish the fire, and walked towards the nearest confession. case.
Han Anbo, Yu Ping and Hong Cheng hurriedly followed, holding their breaths and lowering their heads in silence.
After passing the long blood-gold line, Li Qingxian's heartbeat quickened. He walked to the black futon, held incense in both hands, bent down and bowed three times.
He stood up, walked around the futon, put the incense in the stove, then bent down slightly and slowly backed away.
After exiting the Blood Gold Line, the four of them breathed a sigh of relief.
"Follow me to the Clerical Department. People in Hubu are talkative, so you can speak in my room."
After Luo Jing gave his blessing, he led the four of them across Hubu Street again, returning to the south courtyard through the side door, and walked all the way.
Occasionally, when they encounter high-ranking officials, a few people stop and wait for the high-ranking officials to leave before continuing on.
We walked through the corridor and through the door, crossed the bridge, and walked for a long time before we entered the courtyard with a black wooden red sign that read "Department of Internal Affairs". Tile office room.
"Duan Heng, go get some tea. Sit down, please." Luo Jing moved a chair and placed it in front of the desk, then sat on the chair behind the desk.
Hong Cheng, who was observing secretly, felt his heart skip a beat. There was no reason for an eighth-grade official to personally move a chair for a tenth-grade official.
Li Qingxian stood and looked around the room. The desk was facing the door. The room on the left was filled with bookshelves and papers.
There are four narrow wooden tables on the other side, with the Four Treasures of the Study placed on them and layers of official documents stacked on them.
Li Qingxian thought in his mind that it was colder than expected, and Ding Ke was ranked fourth. Sure enough, as Pang Mingjing had guessed before, Luo Jing had no real power.
Li Qingxian didn't care and sat down with a smile.
Han Anbo and Yu Ping stood beside Li Qingxian, supporting Ye Dao.
Hong Cheng was holding the handle of the knife and standing at the door, with the toes of his left foot facing the door.
"If you have anything to do, tell me." Luo Jing put his arms on the table.
Li Qingxian looked at Luo Jing. His nose was rounded and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised. His face was a bit fierce to begin with, but sitting behind the desk made him even more powerful.
"No hurry, let's drink tea first."
Luo Jing smiled and said, "Okay."
"Idle time is also idle. Tell me about the recent important events in the court? You should be better informed than me." Li Qingxian said lazily.
Luo Jing thought for a while and said, "The biggest thing at the moment is that the emperor is preparing to resurrect some old ministers. It is very involved. There is a lot of discussion between the government and the public. Many people suspect that it is a big reshuffle." "It's not that serious, right?" Li Qingxian asked
.
"It's not that serious. His Majesty Jiazi ascended the throne, and his reign was Taining, which is almost sixteen years ago. Some people and some places should take action," Luo Jing said.
"I see," Li Qingxian vaguely guessed, but didn't know the key, "How about the monster problem? Today, the people from the Finance Department even wanted us to go out to patrol the streets to kill monsters." Luo Jing said, "I didn't hear it
. No matter what the news, it is customary for night guards to go out to exterminate monsters. When the monster infestation was serious, each night guard department had a "demon extermination team". You are still young and don't know that there were no night guards in Tiankang years, but there were A Dragon Guard not only has the Demon Slayer Division, but also the Demon Suppression, Exorcism, and Puppet Slaying Divisions. It was only later that major forces entered the dynasty that these organizations were broken up, and most of them joined the Night Guard." "This
. I know about it. I heard people chatting a few days ago and heard that the elders wanted to streamline the night guards and give up their original duties of supervising all officials and only be responsible for targeting the monks. Have you heard the news?" "The general trend is the trend." Luo Jing said
.
"That's it." Li Qingxian said.
"Here comes the hot water." At this time, Duan Heng walked in with a steaming kettle, then made tea, poured water, and divided cups.
A rugged man who does things meticulously and quickly.
"This is our Nanxing sect's specialty wingless tea, please try it," Luo Jing said.
"It's the kind of big tea tree with wingless birds nesting under its roots?"
"Yes."
Li Qingxian took a sip and tasted it. Nothing came out, and he said: "Good tea, indeed better than Ordinary tea is good."
Luo Jing smiled and lowered his head to drink.
After drinking the cup of tea, Li Qingxian said: "Let's get down to business."
Luo Jing nodded.
Li Qingxian sat up straight and said, "Master Luo, if someone enters the household department, breaks the rules, and blasphemes the gods, what should we do?" "At the least, they will be fined and confiscate money, and at the worst, they will be arrested and interrogated in the divine prison." Li Qingxian pointed
. Hong Cheng said, "Master Luo, do you think there is anything about me, the vice-captain, that doesn't follow the rules enough?" "
You really want to hurt me!" Hong Cheng screamed, stepped out of the threshold, and looked at Li Qingxian angrily. .
Li Qingxian smiled and said: "You misunderstood, it's not me who wants to harm you, it's the Ministry of Revenue who wants to act according to the rules, don't you think so, Mr. Luo?" Luo Jing pondered for a moment, then suddenly looked at Hong Cheng, his pupils shrank and turned red,
Xiaohong The point shook rapidly from side to side and returned to normal in the blink of an eye.
A strange cool breeze blew.
Hong Cheng's whole body was numb. He obviously wanted to escape, but for some reason, his legs were weak.
He bent his neck with all his strength and saw a few more red dots on his shadow, like nails, nailing the shadow.
"You..." Hong Cheng looked at Luo Jing in horror.
Luo Jing stood up and said as he walked: "Thanks to Qingxian for reminding me, otherwise I would have been deceived by this blasphemous guy. Let me ask you, why didn't you burn incense when you entered the temple?" Hong Cheng said hurriedly: "I am
with Captain Li came with me. He has already put incense for me."
"Qingxian, you put incense for him?"
Li Qingxian said in surprise: "Brother Han bought the incense. I put it on. What does it have to do with you, Hong Cheng?" ?”
"You framed me!" Hong Cheng shouted angrily.
Li Qingxian sighed and said, "I made a mistake and made a loud noise, and my crime will be increased."
Luo Jing smiled, clapped his hands lightly, and said, "Come here, arrest this blasphemous person and beat him." Enter the Divine Prison and interrogate immediately!"
Hong Cheng's expression changed drastically. As a night guard, he knew best what the so-called interrogation in the Divine Prison was, using evil magic to invade the mind and drive people crazy. At that time, even if Wei Yong and the people behind him come to rescue him, all he saves is a madman.
"You..." he had to lower his voice and said, "You can't do this to me. Master Wei Yong will know and won't let you go!" At
this time, Duan Heng came over expressionlessly and asked, "Interrogate immediately?"
"Interrogate immediately." Luo Jing said.
"Come here!" Duan Heng gave the order, and a group of people rushed in.
"You can't... wu wu..." Before Hong Cheng finished speaking, a disciple of the tenth-grade evil sect flicked his right hand, and long blood-colored needles flew out like eyes, piercing his upper and lower lips, and stringing them together. Together, blood flowed along the long needle, intertwined into a blood network, and blocked his mouth.
"Wait a minute." Li Qingxian said.
Everyone looked at Li Qingxian together. Hong Cheng's eyes burst into indescribable light and he nodded vigorously, as if to express his gratitude.
Li Qingxian stood up and asked as he walked: "Brother Jing, do we still have to pay the incense money and tea money today?" A
look of embarrassment appeared on Luo Jing's face and said, "According to the rules, we still have to pay." "
I Isn’t that enough after being admitted to the highest grade?"
"You need at least the ninth grade to be able to pay no money at all." Luo Jing said.
Li Qingxian nodded and said, "Duan Heng, go through this man's leather bag and give it all to Brother Jing."
Hong Cheng looked at Li Qingxian in disbelief.
Duan Heng took off Hong Cheng's leather bag, took out the broken silver and copper coins, and weighed them.
Luo Jing said: "That's enough."
Li Qingxian walked up to Hong Cheng and said with a smile: "If you want to fight with me openly, I will at most let you get out of the patrol room, but you should never bully Brother Han." Hong Cheng struggled hard and said in his
mouth Whining softly, tears welled up.
"In my eyes, Li Qingxian, there is no sand in my eyes!" Li Qingxian finished speaking and turned back to his seat.
"Woooooo..."
Duan Heng and others dragged Hong Cheng away.
(End of chapter)