The prince is not doing his job [traveling]

Perhaps it was because Xiao Yanzhi was very aggressive when dealing with the Minister of the Ministry of Officials for the first time, so as soon as Xiao Yan entered the Ministry of Officials, he received the considerate guidance and company from the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Although Xiao Yanzhi felt that such a special The treatment made him feel a bit stressed, but it was a blessing for him to be able to successfully dismiss those officials that the emperor did not want to see.

It’s just that as he expected before, the removal of a large number of court officials still aroused the suspicion of some ministers, and some people even wrote notes to the emperor saying that the king of Shu was willful and reckless, but they were all perfunctory and perfunctory by the emperor, and once again let all the officials know To the emperor's love for Xiao Yanzhi.

However, after receiving some bad reviews, Xiao Yanzhi felt relieved.

On this day, Xiao Yanzhi followed the Minister of the Ministry of Officials to Dali Temple to take an examination.

Looking through the roster of Dali Temple, Xiao Yanzhi found the target person of his trip, but when he saw one of them surnamed Yun, Xiao Yanzhi looked slightly sadly at Xu Liqian who was smiling.

Xu Liqian has also been with him for a few days, maybe he has already seen some clues?

Just as he was thinking about it, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials handed over a dossier with a flattering smile, and asked Xiao Yanzhi, "My lord, what do you think of the people in Dali Temple?"

Xiao Yanzhi opened the file and looked at it. As before, what he saw were all the daily work records of the officials of Dali Temple, most of them were their performance when investigating and handling cases.

Xiao Yanzhi turned over while thinking of countermeasures.

Xu Liqian also leaned beside Xiao Yanzhi to read together, and after reading a few pages, he said with a smile: "As expected of the Dali Temple established by the emperor himself, just judging from the records on this file, they are all talented people."

"En?" Xiao Yanzhi looked at Xu Liqian curiously after hearing the words, "Dali Temple was established by the emperor himself?"

Xu Liqian nodded, and said: "Father pays special attention to impartiality and law enforcement, so Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment are selected by Father himself from top to bottom."

"Really." Xiao Yanzhi smiled, noncommittal.

They were all chosen by the emperor and those who dared to lie, if they weren't chosen by the emperor himself, they wouldn't have openly rebelled?

After flipping through a third of the file, Xiao Yanzhi closed the file impatiently.

"The dossier in Dali Temple is too thick. It looks troublesome. Why don't the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Minister of Dali Temple come up with a few questions to test them. Tell them to bring a pen and paper and write down the answers. If you answer well, you will be rewarded, and if you answer badly, you will be punished, what do you two agree?"

Without waiting for Dali Temple Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Officials to reply, Xu Liqian frowned first and said, "But wouldn't this take more time?"

Xiao Yanzhi sat down on the teacher's chair and said with a smile: "But you don't need to read so many words. I think this room is quite big, so let them answer the questions here."

What Xiao Yanzhi said was already decided, and there was no chance for Xu Liqian and the others to refute and question.

Seeing this, Xu Liqian couldn't say any more, and the Minister of Dali Temple and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials could only prepare.

Two quarters of an hour later, the big and small officials of Dali Temple entered the room in a daze. Seeing that the low tables had been neatly set up in the room, the officials found their own places to sit down. He started answering without even understanding the situation.

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Dali Siqing again, and said with a smile, "Won't Dali Siqing write a copy?"

"Ah? Oh oh oh, I'll go right away." Dali Siqing wiped off his sweat, and quickly found a place to sit down and answer the questions.

Xu Liqian looked at the officials of Dali Temple who were answering the questions, and saw that the one from the Yun family was wiping away his sweat while holding a pen.

Xu Liqian frowned slightly, turned his head to look at Xiao Yanzhi and said with a smile: "Brother Huang, what kind of trick is this? Can you tell whether these officials are competent based on those few questions? Will this be unfair?"

Xiao Yanzhi turned his head when he heard the words, and said straightforwardly: "Didn't the emperor hear a word? To be an official in the court depends half on ability and half on luck. The emperor also said just now that the officials in Dali Temple are all The royal father carefully selected them, and their ability is naturally nothing to say, I have nothing to test in this regard, so I have to test their luck."

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials standing by the side sweated on his forehead when he heard this.

The King of Shu really relies on His Majesty's protection to do as he pleases. If His Majesty continues to indulge him, will the court be in chaos?

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials wiped his sweat and asked boldly: "But my lord, Dali Temple is an extremely important official office of the imperial court. Usually, you can't rely on luck to solve a case. It depends on your ability. So, my lord, we... "

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and glanced at the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and said: "What the Minister said is wrong. It is precisely because he belongs to Dali Temple that he needs more luck. Otherwise, what should he do if he is accidentally implicated in the case and innocently dies?"

Xu Liqian was dumbfounded when he heard this. Although he felt that this was definitely Xiao Yanzhi's fallacy, Xu Liqian couldn't think of anything to refute.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials also had nothing to say, and could only secretly pray that the officials who were writing vigorously in front of them would have better luck.

After answering the questions, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials collected all the answers written by everyone and handed them to Xiao Yanzhi.

Xiao Yanzhi looked at it very casually, looked at one of the ten lines at a glance, then pulled it out and put it aside, Xu Liqian picked it up and looked at it when he saw it.

After reading everything, Xiao Yanzhi still had three pieces of paper in his hand, three pieces of paper with only his name written on them and the whole text was blank.

Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyes, and his smiling eyes swept over the faces of all the officials in Dali Temple, making it impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry at this time.

After a long while, Xiao Yanzhi said: "I thought I was just testing your luck, but I didn't expect to test something else. Since I asked the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Minister of Dali Temple to have a problem, I called You come to answer, you should write something on this blank paper anyway, you only wrote your name, do you want me to understand the skills of trial and judgment from your name?"

Everyone lowered their heads and dared not speak.

Seeing that one of the three pieces of paper in Xiao Yanzhi's hand had the name of the Yun family written on it, Xu Liqian hurriedly smiled and said, "Brother Huang, maybe they are just too nervous."

Hearing this, Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows and asked, "As an official of Dali Temple, but because of such a trivial matter, I am so nervous that I don't know what to do. If there is any big case, can they handle it well?"

Xu Liqian was speechless, and glared at the person from the Yun family with hatred.

He looked at other people's answers as if they were made up, and he didn't see a few serious answers. Why didn't this idiot write a word?How can he say love without writing anything?

"Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials," Xiao Yanzhi said again, "these three people should be removed from Dali Temple."

"Brother Huang, don't you consider giving them another chance?" Seeing that Xiao Yanzhi was about to stand up, Xu Liqian hurriedly grabbed Xiao Yanzhi's arm.

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Xu Liqian suspiciously, then looked at the three people, and asked Xu Liqian: "What? Is there anyone else among the three who is exceptionally talented?"

Xu Liqian laughed dryly and said, "How do I know this, I just think it would be too hasty for Brother Huang to decide like this?"

"En..." Xiao Yanzhi thought for a while, and then smiled, "It's a bit sloppy, but I am such a sloppy person. Let's go, Father is still waiting for us to go back and share lunch."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Yanzhi left Dali Temple gracefully.

Xu Liqian gritted his teeth, gave the Yun family a hard look, and then got up to catch up with Xiao Yanzhi.

His subordinates were dismissed for no apparent reason. Dali Temple Minister was also a little unwilling, so he asked the Minister of the Ministry of Officials: "Can the Minister go talk to the prince again? Although the three of them did not behave well in front of the prince, they can I haven't made any serious mistakes in the weekdays, so it would be unfair to be dismissed like this?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials sighed, and whispered in the ear of the Minister of Dali Temple: "Have you not understood yet? This is His Majesty who is going to rectify the court!"

Since the king of Shu returned to Beijing, His Majesty didn't know which tendon was wrong or he suddenly figured it out, and he started to use the hand of the king of Shu to rectify the court.He is only glad that he has been pretending to be stupid for the past three years and did not join any camp, otherwise it would be miserable!

Dali Siqing was startled, then looked at the three dismissed people, and immediately understood.

"Thank you for your advice, my lord."

"That's all," the Minister of the Ministry of Officials sighed, "I have to go back and see if there is any suitable person for you before sending it to you, so I will leave first."

The Minister of Dali Temple hurriedly bowed and said: "Then I will invite you to drink some other day, and you will go slowly."

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials waved his hands, and walked away like the wind was blowing under his feet.

Xiao Yanzhi and Xu Liqian went back to the Hall of Liangyi to share lunch with the emperor, and then left the Hall of Liangyi.After thinking about it carefully and suddenly realizing that there was nothing to do in the afternoon, Xiao Yanzhi led He Yan and Zhang Shaosheng out of the palace.

Zhang Shaosheng was curious, so he asked, "Where is your lord going?"

Xiao Yanzhi turned his head to look at Zhang Shaosheng, and said with a smile, "You just come with me."

After saying this, Xiao Yanzhi said to He Yan: "He Yan, you go to Wucheng Palace and tell Li An that I want to see someone. He naturally knows who to bring to see me. You just bring The Master is going to the Drunken Fairy Pavilion in Anyi Square."

Zuixian Yage is a place that Xiao Yan accidentally discovered when he was leading the mission all over the street some time ago. It is different from other restaurants gathered in the east and west cities. The gate is generally the same, and there is a small plaque hanging on the door, with the words "Drunken Fairy Yage" written on it, if you don't look for it specially, you usually don't notice it.

But this unremarkable place is a place that the dignitaries in Chang'an City like to go very much, firstly because of the delicious food, and secondly because of the hidden location.

Xiao Yanzhi once led a mission to enter, and he felt that the most wonderful part of the Drunken Fairy Pavilion was that it was built like a maze. If there were no servants to guide the way, he would probably get lost. The most diners are that no one can touch anyone, and no one can see anyone. It seems that you are the only guest in the entire Drunken Fairy Arcade.Xiao Yanzhi really likes this point very much, it is very suitable for doing some sneaky things.

"Yes." He Yan took the order and left first.

When they arrived at Zuixian Yage, Xiao Yanzhi didn't wait at the door, but went in directly, sat in the wing room and waited for a while, then another servant led He Yan and Xiao's brothers and sisters in.

"Brother!" Xiao Junmeng rushed towards Xiao Yanzhi when he saw Xiao Yanzhi, "Why didn't brother come to see me for several days?"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the palace is busy these days, so I'll come to you as soon as I have time?" Xiao Yanzhi embraced Xiao Junmeng with a gentle smile.

Xiao Ren'an and Xiao Xiangsheng first looked at Xiao Yanzhi from head to toe, and after making sure that Xiao Yanzhi was safe from complexion to body, they noticed Zhang Shaosheng in the wing room.

"Brother Zhang?"

Looking at the three brothers and sisters who broke into the door suddenly, Zhang Shaosheng was also stunned. Hearing the "Brother Zhang", Zhang Shaosheng came back to his senses and smiled very happily.

He Yan suddenly felt that he shouldn't stay here any longer, but when he turned around and was about to leave, Xiao Yanzhi asked him to stay.He Yan had no choice but to stay in the wing room.

He didn't want to know so many troublesome things.

"In other words, you brought them to Chang'an?" Zhang Shaosheng immediately played with Xiao Xiangsheng.

Xiao Yanzhi nodded and said, "I'm in Chang'an, so naturally I want to bring them here."

"Where do they live now?"

"Stay in Prince Wucheng's mansion for the time being." After taking time to answer Zhang Shaosheng's question, Xiao Yanzhi wholeheartedly coaxed Xiao Junmeng who was angry.

Zhang Shaosheng looked at Xiao Junmeng, and suddenly asked Xiao Yanzhi: "You brought Junmeng here, but where is Junmeng's sweetheart?"

Xiao Yanzhi's eyes twitched when he heard the words, he glared at Zhang Shaosheng and said, "Who cares about him!"

Xiao Junmeng was stunned for a moment, then his face flushed red: "How does Brother Zhang know about this?"

Xiao Yanzhi didn't take it seriously and said, "I said so."

"Brother, why are you talking outside!" Xiao Junmeng punched Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows, and joked with a smirk, "What? Are you still doing something ulterior?"

"That's not it!" Xiao Junmeng punched Xiao Yan again.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong, I was wrong, don't be angry," Xiao Yanzhi coaxed again with a smile, "Brother ordered a table of delicious food, can you calm down and eat?"

Glaring at Xiao Yanzhi fiercely, Xiao Junmeng sat down beside Xiao Yanzhi, but he still looked angry.

Xiao Ren'an looked at Xiao Yanzhi, then at Zhang Shaosheng, and asked, "Is brother Zhang also an official in the palace?"

Zhang Shaosheng scratched his head embarrassingly, and said: "It's not an official, it's just a guard for your brother."

Hearing this, Xiao Ren'an glanced at He Yan again, and said, "Brother Zhang is the same as Brother He, and will he be by his side at any time in the future?"

"Well, that's right." Zhang Shaosheng nodded.

Xiao Ren'an then smiled and said: "That's good. I have always worried that my brother will be too reluctant to be alone in the palace. It would be great if Brother Zhang could be by his side. No one can compare Brother Zhang, who grew up with his brother, knows him well."

"Don't worry," Zhang Shaosheng patted Xiao Ren'an's head with a smile, and said, "I will definitely protect your brother."

He Yan couldn't help but sneered, and said: "You should learn the things in the palace first. I don't know whether you are taking care of the prince or the prince is taking care of you."

I don't know whether His Majesty likes the King of Shu too much or hates the King of Shu so much that he would send someone who doesn't understand anything to the King of Shu. This Zhang Shaosheng is a fellow of the King of Shu, yes, he is honest and has no sincerity towards the King of Shu. Wrong, but Zhang Shaosheng didn't understand anything, which was enough to make Zhang Shaosheng a drag on the King of Shu.The king of Shu was worried about his feelings and would not be able to say anything, he didn't care about that, but don't cause trouble for him.

Zhang Shaosheng looked embarrassed, a little embarrassed to come down.

Xiao Yanzhi wanted to say a few words to relieve the awkward atmosphere, but he didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, at this time someone from Zuixian Yage knocked on the door and came in to deliver food, which finally broke the embarrassment in the wing room.

Halfway through the meal, the people from Drunken Fairy Yage knocked on the door again and came in, but what they brought was a jug of wine.

Xiao Yanzhi stared at the pot of wine, and asked suspiciously: "I didn't order wine, is this...?"

The young man smiled and said: "Young master, our young master gave it to you. The young master also said that our young master invited you to this meal today."

"Young master?" Xiao Yanzhi frowned, and then suddenly remembered the young master of the Yan family who he met a few days ago, "This is Young master Yan's shop? Is young master Yan here?"

"The young master is having dinner with us, if you want to meet me, the young master will show you the way."

Xiao Yanzhi thought for a while, then said to He Yan and Zhang Shaosheng: "You two should drink this jug of wine, Shaosheng, please take care of them first, I will go back as soon as I go."

Seeing Xiao Yanzhi get up, He Yan also got up and said, "My lord, I'd better go with you."

"No need," Xiao Yanzhi smiled, "In Young Master Yan's territory, nothing will happen."

Although he only met Young Master Yan once, he had heard of the Yan family's name even in Jiangnan.

"No, this subordinate will go with you." He Yan insisted on following Xiao Yanzhi.

Xiao Yanzhi was helpless: "Okay then, you follow me, then this place will be handed over to Shaosheng."

Zhang Shaosheng nodded.

Xiao Yanzhi then went out with the servant of Drunken Fairy Yage, and before He Yan left, he turned his head and gave Zhang Shaosheng a look.

Zhang Shaosheng really regards himself as the prince's fellow countryman, does he still remember that he is now the prince's bodyguard?

And Zhang Shaosheng, who was stared at, didn't quite understand why he was stared at, but recently he was always being stared at dissatisfied by many people, and Zhang Shaosheng was already used to it.

Following the young man to Yan Sheng's place, Xiao Yanzhi smiled happily when he saw Yan Sheng.

"Thank you, Young Master Yan, for your hospitality."

Yan Sheng nodded: "Sit down."

Xiao Yanzhi sat down as he said, and said: "I didn't expect to come to Young Master Yan's place for a rare meal. This is really a coincidence."

Yan Sheng agreed: "It is indeed a coincidence."

It was also a rare time for him to come, and he did not expect to meet this interesting person.

"Also, I would like to thank Young Master Yan for the wine. I think it must be good wine, but it's a pity that I don't drink." Xiao Yanzhi said regretfully.

"You don't drink?" Yan Sheng looked at Xiao Yanzhi in surprise, "You make wine but don't drink?"

Xiao Yanzhi nodded and sighed: "Yes, drinking will cause trouble."

There was a hint of a smile in Yan Sheng's eyes.

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Yan Sheng, and suddenly said: "Young Master Yan, if I want to ask you for help, will you help me?"

Yan Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "Look at the matter."

Xiao Yanzhi scratched the corner of his mouth, moved a little closer to Yansheng, and said in a thief-like way: "You, Drunken Fairy Yage, still lack people?"

Yan Sheng thought it was funny that a prince could make Xiao Yanzhi's gesture at this time, so he teased, "You want to come?"

Xiao Yanzhi shook his head and said, "It's not me, but I want to send two people to Young Master Yan?"

Yan Sheng thought about it carefully, and then said, "I can protect someone you can't even protect?"

He hasn't even protected his own position in the Yan family.

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said, "They have to stay away from me to be safer."

Yan Sheng looked at Xiao Yanzhi, and joked again: "Then I should stay away from you."

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Yansheng with a depressed face upon hearing this.

The smile in Yan Sheng's eyes deepened, and he said, "Bring someone to take a look."

Xiao Yanzhi's eyes lit up, and he said, "Just come with me today."

Yan Sheng curled his lips and said, "I didn't look at it."

Xiao Yanzhi glared at Yan Sheng, then turned to He Yan and said, "He Yan, go and see if they are full, if they are full, bring them, if not, wait until they are full."

"Yes, my lord."

Since the lord has the plan to let Young Master Yan meet those people, can't he bring them from the beginning?

After hearing Xiao Yanzhi's words, Yan Sheng frowned slightly and said, "I don't have time to wait."

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Yan Sheng bitterly, stretched out a finger, and said, "I brew a jar of wine myself."

Yan Sheng's brows stretched out, "Wait for a while."

Xiao Yanzhi gritted his teeth.

This brat!The young master of the Yan family is amazing, isn't he?He is still the young master of the royal family!

It didn't take long for He Yan to bring him here, and Xiao Yanzhi suddenly felt that he had spent a pot of wine in vain.

Yan Sheng glanced over several people, and then asked, "Which two?"

Only then did Xiao Yanzhi remember to say to Xiao Ren'an and Xiao Xiangsheng: "Ren'an, Xiangsheng, come to see Young Master Yan."

Hearing this, Xiao Ren'an and Xiao Xiangsheng came forward to greet him obediently, but they were secretly sizing up the size of the boy who was sitting with their elder brother.

Yan Sheng stared at Xiao Ren'an and Xiao Xiangsheng again, then turned his gaze to Xiao Junmeng, pondered for a while and said: "Ten altars of wine a year, including that woman, I want all three."

Xiao Yanzhi bargained bitterly, "Can the eight altars work?"

He is also very busy...

Yan Sheng rolled Xiao Yan's eyes, and said: "Including Tusu wine and chrysanthemum wine, ten altars."

Xiao Yanzhi gritted his teeth and agreed, "Deal."

Xiao Xiangsheng felt that the conversation was not quite right, so he asked Xiao Yanzhi, "Brother, are you going to sell us?"

Xiao Yanzhi turned his head and stared at Xiao Xiangsheng, and said, "I sold you and I still have to give him ten jars of wine every year, am I stupid?"

Xiao Xiangsheng touched his nose and shrank behind Xiao Ren'an.

Xiao Yanzhi got up, bowed his hands to Yan Sheng and said, "Then my siblings will entrust Young Master Yan."

"It's easy to talk about. Let them go to Yan's Mansion tomorrow." After finishing speaking, Yan Sheng stood up, "I'll go first, you can do whatever you want."

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and watched Yansheng leave.

Tang Shuo caught up with Yan Sheng and asked puzzledly, "Young Master, why...why do you help him?"