Xian Xian

Ma Linlang tugged at her clothes and couldn't help but feel awkward. She walked in the imperial city and always felt that everyone was watching her. Li Chaoge looked calm. She strode into an official office that opened the door to the north and said, "This is it."

Ma Linlang looked up and saw that the door wall was upright and neat, and the arch was towering. Behind the courtyard wall, heavy eaves and tiles were faintly visible, simple and elegant. Mo Linlang set his sights on the door again, and a plaque hung on the door with the words "Zhen Yaosi" written on it in powerful and powerful characters.

It can be seen that this is a newly opened government office, the paint on the column has just been painted, and many handymen are sprinkling water and sweeping the floor. Mo Linlang stood at the door, clutching the corners of his clothes tightly, hesitating: "Princess, do I want to go in?"

Until now, Ma Linlang still felt unbelievable. Last month, the Rakshasa bird case was publicly heard, and Ma Linlang was sentenced to ten years in prison for premeditated murder of his father. The trial was said by Gu Mingke himself. Mo Linlang had no opinion, but was very grateful to Gu Mingke.

She wanted to kill someone and deserved to be punished. However, the murder of Mo Dalang's wife, which Mo Lin Lang thought was hopeless for many years, was also sentenced. Mo Dalang was sent to prison for homicide, and all subsequent treatments were the same as intentional homicide. Mo Linlang cried on the spot and kowtow to Gu Mingke. Ten years of labor is not long, she can wait, even if she can't survive, she can see the beast before death. It is worth the price of Ma Linlang.

Mo Linlang was ready to die, but she did not expect that she had been in prison for a short time before being taken away by someone and being held in another place. Until today, someone took her to change clothes, Ma Linlang secretly inquired about the situation, and the people who took her away did not say anything, only that she was lucky enough to let her change clothes as soon as possible.

Mo Linlang didn't dare to ask again? She went to the dark room to change clothes. The suit is red, with moiré embroidered on the front and back. The shape is a bit like men's clothing, but the shoulders and waist have been modified to suit women's body shape, a bit like a fusion of Hufu and official clothes.

Ma Linlang didn't know what to do, she changed her clothes awkwardly, and as soon as she went out, she saw Princess Sheng Yuan.

Later, he was brought here by Li Chaoge.

Ma Linlang looked up at the three big characters "Zhen Yaosi" on the plaque, as if she had realized something. At this time, Li Chaoge called her inside: "Come in quickly, I'll introduce someone to you."

Mo Linlang reacted, hurriedly responded, and quickly ran into the gate of the government office. After the improvement of this dress, it is indeed easy to move? A lot of waist, narrow sleeves, pleated hem, full of energy, even women can wear it, so that you don't have to worry about stepping on the skirt when walking around.

After Mo Linlang walked inside, she found that not everyone wears the same clothes as her, most of them wore handy clothes, and some wore crotch shirts, which looked like drawn soldiers. The town’s demon division occupies a triple courtyard. The first is the tall entrance hall with the largest site and the highest eaves. It should be the place for receiving imperial decree and performing rituals. The second front is the three main halls. The side halls on both sides are tall and deep. There are many desks, and the windows are open for ventilation at the moment, which looks like an office place. Ma Lin Langxin? I want to come here? This is the place with the largest number of people in the Town Demon Division and the most commonly used place.

The third stage Ma Linlang didn't go to see it, but the handyman kept moving things inside. Ma Linlang hurriedly withdrew his gaze after only one glance. If she guessed right, the third place should be the place to store materials, sundries, and torture.

Li Chaoge walked straight to the east side hall, Mo Linlang followed behind and entered, and found that they were all acquaintances.

Bai? Qianhe and Zhou Shao have already waited? In it, Bai? Qianhe saw Ma Linlang, yelled, and laughed? "Princess, you still got her back. The unscrupulous Master Gu is actually willing. Release people?"

"I have the saint's promise. Besides, I didn't violate the regulations." Li Chaoge said lightly, "Mo Linlang was sentenced to ten years in prison and must be sent to the government agency for hard labor. The town demon division is the government agency, here. Doing things? It's also quite bitter, isn't it just right?"

Bai? Qianzuru touched his chin and murmured: "That's not wrong. But coming to the town demon division to do hard labor...how do I feel strange to me."

Mo Linlang came to the Demon Division to serve his sentence, so Bai? What are Qianhe and Zhou Shao in the Demon Division? Bai Qianhe glanced around Shao, and then realized, "Oh", "I almost forgot, you are also a prisoner, you also need to do corvee."

Bai Qianhe felt his teeth sore, and took a breath: "So, my colleagues are all prisoners? I'm doing things among a group of executed prisoners?"

"You are also a prisoner." Li Chaoge glanced at him coldly and said, "Dali Temple has been offering you a high price. If you feel that you are incompatible with everyone, I can send you in and fulfill your dream."

"You don't have to." Bai Qianhe quickly humbled, "Everyone is so familiar, and the process doesn't have to go."

Today is the first day of the official establishment of the Town Demon Division. Li Chaoge gave them a brief introduction to the various areas and said: "The front is the auditorium, the facade of the Town Demon Division, but most of the time? It is locked, usually useless. This is the office. Areas, document exchanges, and case handling? Here are the warehouses and prisons, but the prisons have not been repaired. Next, we may borrow cells from Dali Temple. Wait? Our own prisons are repaired, so we don’t need to pay attention. They are, but bear with them during this period of time, and don't get too stiff with them."

Ma Linlang wrote down very solemnly, wishing to memorize every word, while Zhou Shao and Bai Qianhe nodded at will, not worrying about it. Zhou Shao is taciturn and believes that people will not offend me and I will not offend people, while Bai Qianhe has traveled in the world for many years, and has been in contact with three ways, black and white, and two. In terms of smoothness, it is not worse than the officialdom. The three of them are unlikely to offend Dali Temple. The one who should be patient and try not to conflict with Dali Temple is Li Chaoge? Right.

As long as Li Chaoge controls herself, the Demon Division can be calm.

After Li Chaoge cursed Dali Temple routinely, he said: "There are not many people in the town demon department. You have to do some things by yourself. When you get on the right track, it will be much better. Town demon department. There are two sets of clothes, one set in red for auspicious clothes and one set in black for regular clothes. They will be changed every season. The warehouse will send them out when the season changes. Today is the first day of your visit to the government. Please be auspicious. Wear red ones. You can change them tomorrow. The black one. In addition to clothes, you also have an annual salary of 50 meters and 50 shi, a salary of 15 taels, provided by the court for lunch, and gifts of silk, gold and silver, and variegated colors on the winter solstice and Yuan Ri each year, cold food, Dragon Boat Festival, etc.? The solar terms are used to eat for the solar terms, and the rewards are given after meritorious service. Every ten days off, New Year’s Days, etc. Holidays are arranged by the court. There are special holidays for the death of parents, the birth of wives and children, but I don’t think you can use them. I won’t go into details."

After Li Chaoge finished speaking, he thought for a while, and said: "It's roughly that. The treatment is average, but in the Town Demon Division, no one depends on official salaries. As long as you do things well and make contributions, some are rewards."

After Bai Qianhe heard this, he said quietly: "I think the treatment is not ordinary."

It's already pretty good. Apart from housing, everything else is covered in basic necessities. As long as it is not spread out, the annual salary alone can make a living very moist.

And this is just the treatment of the lowest rank nine-rank officer, tax exemption, shading, etc.? Hidden benefits have not yet been counted. No wonder people all over the world want to be officials. Compared with other professions, officials have a sense of nobility.

Li Chaoge was powerful in his previous life, and wealth and honor flowed from her hands like flowing water. Even in this life, she had just started, her food and fief were enough for her to use gold as beans. Li Chaoge has no idea about money. When she heard the court's treatment of the nine-rank official, she really felt that it was little, but the court's regulations were like this. Li Chaoge had already risked the world to take Bai Qianhe and others into the court. In the system, she can no longer make special cases.

Li Chaoge raised his eyebrows and didn't make any distinctions for a while? Qianhe still felt normal when he was talking irony. She said: "It's one thing to pay for the face, and the other is the actual income. It's hard to get started, but after a while, after the town's fame is gone, the income will be? Much better. Do you have any questions? Questions?"

Ma Linlang shook her head. She felt that this kind of treatment was very good. She had grown up so much that she hadn't made any money on her own. There are fifty shi in a year of Guanglu rice, and Ma Linlang can never finish it by herself, and she can even make a fortune.

Zhou Shaoru? He is alone today, and earning more and less is not bad for him. Bai Qianhe didn't pick it any more. As a thief, he could deduct money from the court, and he could manage a penny. What did Li Chaoge think of and asked?: "The imperial court originally had official residences, but the number of places is very tight, and may not be allocated. Your residence..."

Bai Qianhe and Zhou Shao said in unison, "We will solve it ourselves."

Li Chaoge looked at Mo Linlang, Mo Linlang hesitated for a moment, and said: "After Mo Dalang entered prison, I heard that my stepmother took away all the money from the Mo family and ran away with her son. But the house is still there. I can take Mo family away. Sell ​​his house and lease it separately."

Mo Linlang grew up being abused from Mo's family, and saw her mother die there with her own eyes. She definitely didn't want to live in that yard anymore. Li Chaoge nodded and said, "It's okay to change to a new one. Zhou Shao, you know a lot of people, and Mo Linlang sells and rents the house? I will leave it to you?"

Zhou Shao nodded. He had been a bandit, and had a lot of contacts with these gangsters. Lease? It was nothing but a simple task for him. Mo Linlang has a pitiful background and is young? Zhou Shao can't help but think of his wife when he sees such a weak woman. He feels pity in his heart, and selfishly regards Ma Linlang as his younger sister, and is willing to take care of her more.

After placing Ma Linlang, Li Chaoge was too lazy to ask? Bai? Qianhe. Bai? Qianhe, a wanderer, where he loves to die. What Li Chaoge should arrange has already been arranged, and the rest is official business. Li Chaoge said: "The East Hall is for you. Now there are only three of you, and you can choose any location. You should familiarize yourself with the environment first, and something will happen later. What will I do? Let someone pass the word."

Several people in Bai Qianhe nodded to express their understanding, and then Li Chaoge went out, they dispersed, each looking for their favorite seat. Zhou Shao found a spacious place nearby to sit down, Ma Linlang picked a corner and wiped the precious place with a kerchief, while Bai Qianhe walked to the window, put his legs on the edge of the window, and became lazy. Bask in the sun.

Life? Fate is really unpredictable. Not long ago, he was playing cat and mouse with the government. Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, he would put on the official gown himself?

Bai Qianhe squinted his eyes and asked leisurely: "Zhou Shao, what is your charge?"

"Death, no forgiveness, Qiuhou asked? Cut."

Bai? Qianhe asked? Mo Linlang: "You are a ten-year apprentice?"

Mo Linlang nodded quietly: "Yes."

Bai Qianhe sighed, the Town Demon Division is really a magical place, all the villains. Bai Qianhe was basking in the sun and lazily said: "I can't remember, but stealing national treasures and breaking into the palace will probably not get away with a dead word. From this point of view, Zhou Shao's crime is the heaviest, and I am second. , Mo Xiao? Sister is the lightest. Among the teachers, we are ranked according to the seniority of entry age. Although we are not senior brothers and sisters, but we do things in the same place, we can also be regarded as a fellowship. Other places are ranked according to seniority, and we are different from them. , All? They came in on the basis of a crime, so they are sorted according to the severity of the crime, how about?"

The other two had no opinion, or ignored him, and Bai Qianhe happily determined the first unspoken rule of the Town Demon Division. In the future, newcomers will have to set rules for their seniors.

Bai Qianhe trembled for a while, when a handyman walked outside, cross-handed said: "White? Captain, princess...the commander is looking for it."

Bai Qianhe is of the same rank as Zhou Shao and Mo Linlang, and both are nine-rank school lieutenants, not the lowest rank, but they are not high. On the contrary, Li Chaoge's excessively high grade is directly because the third rank commander, monk book, middle book order, etc. slaughter the same rank.

Both the first and second ranks are virtual titles, which are mostly used for honorary rewards. In fact, the third rank official is the largest in the court. Li Chaoge was the third rank when he started, saying that the emperor had no selfish intentions? He didn't engage in the back door, and Bai Qianhe didn't believe it. But Li Chaoge, the third-rank commander, was incomparable with other third-rank officers. The other third-rank masters had a group of people, and Li Chaoge had only a few ninth-rank errands left besides himself.

Bai Qianhe was reluctant to put his legs away, walked loosely into the main hall, and asked? "Princess, what do you call me?"

"In the Town Demon Division, you want to call my commander." Li Chaoge gestured to the ground and said, "Sit down. I have something to ask? You."

Bai Qianhe found a place to sit down, and after sitting down, Li Chaoge asked: "What did I ask you to check? Love, how did you check it?"

Bai Qianhe tidied up his clothes for a while, he put down his robe and said, "I didn't check it much, there is roughly an eyebrow. The first thing you asked me to check? How did Fu Ni spread? I asked in the streets and alleys? I have checked many beggars, even the brothel restaurant, but no one knows who the source is, only that they already looked like that when they got the drawings."

Li Chaoge sighed lightly, and it was no different from her expectations, she knew she wouldn't be able to find out easily. Li Chaoge didn't intend to complete his work in one battle, and he would just finish it slowly in the future, and then he asked? Another thing?: "What about the second one?"

Bai Qianhe looked at Li Chaoge with a smile? Not a smile, and said: "As for the second thing the commanding envoy said, I also got a little bit of the life of Gu Mingke, son of the Gu family. In the thirteenth year of Yonghui, Gu Mingke He came to Chang'an with his mother and lived with his grandfather Pei’s house. The sage moved the capital to Luoyang under the persuasion of the Queen the following year. Gu Mingke moved to Luoyang with his family. After that, he basically stayed in Luoyang. He rarely went out to follow his mother. The old servant returned to his ancestral home to sweep the tomb. Apart from that, he never left the two capitals."

Li Chaoge asked? "What about other people's comments on Gu Mingke? Especially the old servants of the ancestral house."

Bai Qianhe stared at Li Chaoge, not letting go of any changes on her face, and said, "The old servants in the ancestral house of the Gu family have basically been dismissed. Only a few old people are left to guard the house, and the rest are loyal to the master's house. They were all around Gu Mingke, like his book boy Jiaowei, big maid Luqi. The princess and Gu Mingke were so close, they should have met these people. As domestic servants, they naturally agreed to Lang Jun. Others. People, such as the servants of the Pei family, also gave Gu Mingke a good opinion. They said that the cousin was quiet and polite, he was brilliant, his temperament was quiet, and he was very kind to his servants, but it was a pity that he was not in good health."

Li Chaoge was thoughtful, quiet and easy-going, and friendly, but he did not say that he was proficient in the six arts of civil and military, and his appearance was outstanding. An ancestral person with a weak body is unlikely to practice martial arts since childhood, nor is it possible to have a strong temperament. According to the audience, Gu Mingke is a very common noble son in the Eastern Capital.

Bai Qianhe observed the changes in Li Chaoge's expression and asked meaningfully: "Princess, what are you doing to check him?"

There is no fluctuation on Li Chaoge's face. She raised her eyes and looked back without showing any timidity: "I choose a concierge. Naturally, I have to look at his three generations? The wind critics? Deeds. Why, have any questions?"

Bai Qianhe laughed and said, "Of course there is no question. The princess chooses her son-in-law, and the emperor chooses his concubine. It is normal to be picky. I think the princess is so close to Gu Mingke, but now she is suddenly investigating him secretly. I thought the princess’s hair was discovered? What happened?"

Li Chaoge couldn't fit his tricks, and smiled impeccably, "I'm eager to find out? What? If? If he has a relationship history, matchmaker's appointment, it is a good thing to find out early?"

Bai? Qianhe knew nothing could come out of the temptation, he retracted his gaze, patted his clothes, stood up and said, "Okay, I will? Pay attention. Then I will bless the princess early and get what I want."

Li Chaoge sat in the high seat calmly and nodded lightly when he heard the words: "Thank you, I will?"

Not far away from the Dali Temple, a colleague followed Gu Mingke to the palace and asked? "It's not Chang Zhaori today. What happened? The saint suddenly called a group of ministers?"

"I don't know." Gu Mingke glanced at the office that just opened the door in front of him, and said lightly, "What the **** is going on? I'll know when I go."