I am a temporary worker in Jinyiwei, how did I become a powerful official?

Chapter 16 Good fortune and misfortune depend on it

Lin Shisan thought: Yes. If this incident is told in the forum, the people in the capital will just treat it as a strange anecdote. But in the southeast, who knows how many innocent people have suffered.

This is just one group of Japanese pirates. There are probably hundreds of large and small groups of Japanese pirates in the southeast.

Now I have a chance to help rescue the famous general who fought against the Japanese invaders.
Sun Yue pushed Lin Shisan's shoulder and said, "Master, what's wrong with you? You've been standing here for a long time."

Lin Shisan still didn't say anything.

Two little figures, one black and one white, seemed to appear in his mind.

The black man said: Lin Shisan, the court is too complicated. What are you doing here, a lieutenant with a small nose? You should take care of your wife and children, be filial to your father, and manage the family business. Don't worry about this tricky matter! Hurry up and hand in your letter of appointment to the elephant training school, and you can also take a nap with your wife.

The little white man only said four words, each one powerful and resounding: Yes, yes.

The little black man and the little white man were apparently in agreement.

Lin Shisan made up his mind: Of course I want to contribute to the cause of fighting the Japanese pirates. But I am a weak person, and keeping people safe is my top priority. At worst, when the imperial court asks for donations to fight the Japanese pirates, I can donate a few dozen more taels.

Thinking of this, Lin Shisan Sun Yue said, "Let's go back to the elephant training center and answer for our crime."

The duty room of a thousand households in the Jinyiwei Elephant Training Station.

Chang Qingyun, a captain in his fifties, sat in front of his desk, teasing a thrush in a cage.

Others can steal half a day of leisure in their busy lives, but he can steal ten thousand days of leisure in his busy life.

Once upon a time, the Chang family was extremely powerful in the court. Chang Qingyun's grandfather was the chief of the Jinyiwei, his father was the left vice minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and his uncle was the general of Xuanda.

When he was young, he also had great ambitions to become a high-ranking official in the court and benefit the people.

But before his death, his grandfather forced his father and uncle to resign from their official positions, and sent him to an elephant training school where he would never have a chance of success at the prime of his life.

He didn't understand his grandfather at the time.

But as he got older, his hair turned gray, and he heard too many life-and-death struggles in the court, he completely understood his grandfather's painstaking efforts.

Being a leisurely and idle person is a blessing.

Chang Qingyun used a bamboo spoon to scoop a dozen grains of millet for the thrush in the cage.

A personal general flag officer came in and said, "Captain, two lieutenants from the third general flag unit of the Left 200 Households are requesting to see you and report back."

From the rank of a thousand households to the deputy thousand households, hundred households, trial hundred households, general flag, small flag, and captain, Lin Shisan was six grades, five ranks, and ten levels behind Chang Qingyun.

Normally, it would be like a foolish dream for Lin Shisan to meet Chang Qingyun.

Today was different. The military order to go out on duty was personally issued to Lin Shisan by Chang Qingyun.

According to the rules of the Jinyiwei, no matter whether the mission was accomplished or failed, they had to report directly to the superior who issued the military order.

Chang Qingyun's eyes did not move away from the thrush. He ordered: "Let them in."

Soon, Lin Shisan and Sun Yue knelt down in front of Chang Qingyun.

Chang Qingyun didn't look at the two of them, and asked absentmindedly: "Did you get the job done?"

The reason why he was absent-minded was that his beloved thrush had lost its appetite for three or four days.

Lin Shisan replied: "Return to the commander, the mission has been messed up."

Chang Qingyun turned his head: "Oh?"

Lin Shisan said again: "I am willing to follow the military order of Qian Hu and accept the punishment of having my official title taken back and being expelled from the elephant training facility."

Chang Qingyun picked up the bird cage again and looked at his beloved thrush: "Lin, what's Lin?"

Lin Shisan quickly said, "I am Lin Shisan."

Chang Qingyun said, "Lin Shisan, I don't want to know what errand Mr. Yang asked you to do, how you did it, and why you messed it up. But..."

Chang Qingyun put down the thrush cage and walked up to Lin Shisan: "But how did Young Shopkeeper Lu Yi know your name?"

Lin Shisan was secretly shocked: The young shopkeeper knows my name?
Lu Yi, the son of Lu Bing, the commander of the Jinyiwei, is a commander of the Northern Pacification Division who can make things happen with a flip of his hand. His fellow soldiers in the guard privately call Lu Bing the "big manager" and Lu Yi the "young manager".

How could a big shot like the young shopkeeper know the name of Lin Shisan, a lieutenant colonel?

Lin Shisan answered truthfully: "Return to Qianhu. I don't know."

Chang Qingyun added: "Young Manager sent someone to tell me, 'If your subordinates Lin Shisan and Sun Yue fail to complete the task for the Gao family, they will be locked up and taken to the imperial prison immediately.'"

Lin Shisan was dumbfounded. Reclaiming the invitation from the emperor was like heaven and hell compared to being locked up in the imperial prison. No, it was hell!

Jinyiwei Beizhenfusi Prison is the most terrifying place in the entire Ming Dynasty. Anyone who enters there will be skinned alive if not killed.

Chang Qingyun sat back at the desk and said, "According to the relationship and seniority, Lu Yi should call me uncle. But he is in power now, and I cannot refuse to carry out his orders."

After saying this, he shouted to the outside, "Come here, arrest Lin Shisan and this fat young man, and take them to the Imperial Prison and hand them over to the young treasurer."

Lin Shisan was so frightened that his body was shaking. He quickly shouted, "Wait a minute, Captain! I can still do my best and help the Gao family complete the task."

Chang Qingyun is a very easy-to-talk-to boss who never makes things difficult for others.

Chang Qingyun said: "Oh? Didn't the job go wrong?"

Lin Shisan kowtowed like crazy: "There is still room for maneuver."

Chang Qingyun nodded: "Yes. I don't want my subordinates to be imprisoned in the imperial prison and suffer from the pain of being unable to live or die. The young shopkeeper didn't say the deadline for the work. Well, I will give you one more chance. Go to Gao Mansion and continue your work."

Lin Shisanru was pardoned: "I will do my best to carry out my duties right away."

Chang Qingyun said: "Well, go ahead."

Lin Shisan and Sun Yue stood up and took small steps back to the door of the duty room.

Chang Qingyun, who was fiddling with a thrush cage in front of the case, shouted, "Wait a minute."

Lin Shisan's head was covered with sweat. Could it be that Captain Chang has changed his mind? Is this my fate?
Lin Shisan bravely asked, "What else do you want, Captain?"

Chang Qingyun said slowly, "I heard you are an expert on pets. Do you know how to raise thrush?"

Lin Shisan replied: "I know a little bit."

Chang Qingyun's eyes lit up, and he turned to look at him: "My thrush has lost its appetite these days and only eats seven or eight grains of millet a day. What's going on?"

Lin Shisan answered without hesitation: "The weather turns cold in autumn. It is common for thrush to lose their appetite when the weather alternates between hot and cold."

Chang Qingyun asked: "Is there any solution?"

Lin Shisan replied: "You can feed the thrush bee pupae three times a day, one at a time. Bee pupae are sold at the Flower, Bird, Fish and Insect Market in Mu'er Hutong, Diaobeng Street, south of the city."

Chang Qingyun was surprised: "Bee pupa? It's that simple?"

Lin Shisan said: "Yes."

Chang Qingyun nodded: "Thank you. Go out and do your job quickly. If you don't do it well, you will be sent to prison."

Lin Shisan and Sun Yue left the elephant training center. He took out a handkerchief and wiped the cold sweat from his head.

It’s all over now. Gao Zhong has to be involved in the matter of saving Lu Tan even if he doesn’t want to.

Lin Shisan glanced at Sun Yue and said, "My disciple, it's Master's fault that you were dragged into this disaster."

Sun Yue was quite open-minded: "Since I entered the elephant training school and worshipped you as my master, we are two little grasshoppers on the same rope. Besides, didn't you say something, Master?"

Lin Shisan asked: "What?"

Sun Yue couldn't remember, and said in a hurry: "It's that thing about taking off clothes is a blessing, taking off clothes when you are blessed, etc."

Lin Shisan laughed in silence: "Good fortune is closely related to misfortune, and misfortune is closely related to good fortune."

After saying this, he stopped smiling and whispered to himself again: "Blessings are closely related to misfortunes, and misfortunes are closely related to blessings."

(End of this chapter)