Xiao Ruxun was not surprised by the emperor's invitation again.
These few days of leisure were specially given to him by Zhu Yijun, allowing him to have a good rest for a few days, enjoy life, and prepare for the upcoming matters. After all, Xiao Ruxun should be very tired after half a year of campaigning.
Zhu Yijun was still very humane. Not only did he arrange for servants that he personally selected for Xiao Ruxun, but he also arranged for a chef that he personally selected for her. All the rules and regulations were modeled after those in the palace, for fear that someone would use poison or assassination to deal with Xiao Ruxun.
Xiao Ruxun was also worried that there would be people who would do such dirty things. But now the emperor arranged for Xiao Ruxun according to the rules and regulations of the imperial palace, and the guards of Duke Qin's Mansion were in charge of the 50 Zhennan Army guards that Xiao Ruxun brought into the city. So, Xiao Ruxun was very relieved.
He didn't believe that someone would play dirty tricks on him at this time. Whether it was the professionals sent by the emperor or his guards, none of them were easy to deal with.
Xiao Ruxun was used to fighting and being busy. He was not used to being idle all of a sudden. So, he simply asked the emperor for a decree and reported to Shi Xing. During the day, he went to several military camps near the capital to inspect the situation. At night, he took time to visit Shi Xing's Mansion and Song Yingchang's Mansion. These days were very fulfilling.
In these days, there was a turbulent undercurrent in the capital. Xiao Ruxun also felt that there were always people watching him when he went out to do things. It was obviously not for protection, but some kind of surveillance.
And the situation in the capital camp was really not optimistic. Those people were very respectful to him and afraid of him. But Xiao Ruxun could see that everything they did was a performance.
Since it was a performance, there must be a very good director and scriptwriter. These performers must also be very good and skilled actors. Xiao Ruxun was already very familiar with this kind of small trick. He was not unfamiliar with it at all.
It was not the time to officially take office yet. Xiao Ruxun pretended not to know what was going on to make those people relax their vigilance. He planned to give them a good show of strength tomorrow morning.
At the moment, he was planning to reorganize the capital camp. If a new official wanted to stand firm, the first thing he had to do was to replace the management with someone he could trust and get rid of all the people he couldn't trust.
The next step was to adjust the positions according to the situation. The more powerful factions would be split up and reorganized, and the former's forces would be disintegrated bit by bit. They would get rid of a few troublemakers and establish their own prestige. As the saying goes, "A new officer makes three changes."
Xiao Ruxun's predecessor was obviously too strong.
Therefore, he still had a headache.
Just as he was having a headache, the person who had once appeared in front of him appeared at the right time.
"We still can't alert anyone this time?"
Xiao Ruxun put down the pen and looked at the man in black.
The man in black nodded silently.
"His Majesty has something important to discuss with me."
Xiao Ruxun nodded, got up and changed his clothes. Then, he walked out with the man in black.
As a result, Xiao Ruxun followed the man in black to a shabby back door that he didn't know existed in the Mansion of Marquess Qin that Zhu Yijun gave him.
"There is a door here? Why didn't I know? "
Xiao Ruxun was a little dissatisfied with this.
"In fact, His Majesty and I didn't know it at the beginning. We didn't know it until the file of the Imperial Bodyguard was transferred to us. It was at 7 am today, so we didn't have time to tell Marquess Qin. This file has been put aside for more than ten years. Please forgive us, Marquess Qin."
Xiao Ruxun didn't say anything. It was indeed not their fault.
That was right. In the past few days, he either went to the Commander-in-Chief's Mansion to check the files or went to the military camp to investigate openly and secretly. He didn't spend time in this house at all. He went out in the morning and went to sleep when he came back at night. He didn't pay attention to it at all.
But now it seemed that he had to be a little more careful. When he returned today, he would ask people to carefully clean up this house, lest there were any secret doors or other small doors. If he didn't know about it, it would be very dangerous for someone to sneak in.
In fact, the house that Zhu Yijun gave to Xiao Ruxun was really good. It was located in Qingzhengfang, and across the street was the Tenth Prince's Mansion, the collective dormitory for the members of the royal family before they went out to defend the vassal state.
The approximate location of the Tenth Prince's Mansion was today's Wangfujing Street. The reason why Wangfujing Street was called Wangfujing Street was because it was the Tenth Prince's Mansion where the princes lived before they went out to defend the vassal state in the Ming Dynasty.
This location was quite good. After going out and turning right on the main street, one could go straight to the Dong 'an Gate. Behind the Dong' an Gate was the Donghua Gate. Inside the Donghua Gate was the Imperial Palace, which was the residence of the emperor. Generally speaking, the officials who lived in the capital city also found a residence nearby.
Not far from this residence was the official office of the Governor's Military Administration in the capital city. Not only was Xiao Ruxun the Left Commander-In-Chief of the Commander-in-Chief's Mansion, but he was also the Governor's Military Administration in the capital city. Sometimes, he needed to work here. It was also very close to his residence, so it was quite a convenient residence.
Xiao Ruxun left the house with the man in black from the back door. After going out, he got on a prepared carriage and headed in the direction of the Donghua Gate.
It was late at night, about a quarter past nine in the evening. Shi Xing, who was working in the duty room of the Ministry of War, put down the pen in his hand, rubbed his sore neck, picked up the teacup, and drank a cup of tea.
"What time is it?"
Shi Xing asked his subordinate who was on duty with him.
"Let's go back to the office. It's a quarter past nine in the evening."
Shi Xing nodded.
"Recently, the army has been very busy with rewards. You must have worked hard. Tomorrow morning, you can rest at home and come back to duty in the afternoon!"
Several subordinates immediately expressed their gratitude. "Thank you for your understanding."
They were indeed exhausted. These few days, the Ministry of War had been very busy arranging the rewards and promotions of the various troops. Moreover, tomorrow was the day when Xiao Ruxun officially became the Left Commander-In-Chief of the Commander-in-Chief's Mansion and the Governor's Military Administration in the capital city. In the future, he would definitely be even busier.
The officials in the Ministry of War all said that this time, the emperor was going to ruthlessly reorganize the capital city.
In the battle of Zijing Pass, the performance of the capital city army was so poor that even they couldn't stand it.
Tomorrow morning, Shi Xing had to accompany Xiao Ruxun to take office. Now, he could sleep for at most four to six hours. Of course, he had to sleep. Otherwise, he wouldn't be energetic tomorrow. But if he went home at this moment, he would waste a lot of time.
After thinking about it, Shi Xing suddenly had an idea. He suddenly remembered that Xiao Ruxun's Mansion of Qin was just outside the Dong 'an Gate, which was very close to the Imperial Palace. Since he was going to meet Xiao Ruxun tomorrow, why not stay at his place tonight and go out together tomorrow morning? Wouldn't that be perfect?
He could sleep a little longer.
Shi Xing felt lucky for his wit, so he immediately ordered, "Prepare the carriage. Go to the Dong 'an Gate. I'm going to stay at the Mansion of Duke Qin for one night."
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