Goose Three Kingdoms

Chapter 627: Broken Leg
A few days later, in the secretary's desk.

Zhuge Jin was leading people to seal a batch of documents with seals and lacquer when suddenly hurried footsteps were heard.

When I turned around, I saw a secretary standing at the door, panting and straightening his robe. The secretary walked in maintaining his appearance and looked around first.

Zhuge Jin understood and went to the door: "What's the matter?"

"Sir, Lord Fa Linggong fell while skating and broke his tibia. He needs to rest for half a year."

Secretary Lang whispered: "The Lord is furious, it is difficult for us to persuade him."

"Well, once I get the seal, I'll go to Dongxiang with you."

Zhuge Jin responded, turned back and put away the copper seal, and said to everyone: "After the secret room is locked, you must leave together."

"Here."

Several secretaries bowed together and carried the wooden box with a lacquer seal and a sealing strip to the secret room.

Zhuge Jin did not waste any time, and quickly walked out of the secretary's desk and took a car to Dongxiang.

After passing the Dongxiang Gate Pavilion, he looked out to see the ice rink that had been converted from the embankment, and it was indeed no longer as lively as before.

Under the guidance of other officials, he went to visit Fa Zheng first.

Inside the building, Fa Zheng was lying on a warm couch. The stove was burning brightly, so Fa Zheng only covered his right leg with a thin blanket.

His left leg was in a cast, and the house was filled with a mixed smell of plaster and medicine.

Fa Zheng's son Fa Miao was squatting in the hall, grinding black medicinal herbs that looked like dried lizards in a stone mortar.

Seeing Zhuge Jin coming in, Fa Miao stood up: "Mr. Ziyu."

"How is Brother Xiaozhi?"

"Tzuyu, come in."

When Fa Zheng's voice came, Zhuge Jin quickly entered the inner hall. Seeing Fa Zheng's depressed look, he asked, "Sir?"

"It's OK. Your Majesty has asked General Taishi to set my bones. However, it will be inconvenient for me to live in the future, so I can't help Your Majesty with his worries."

Fa Zheng gestured with his hand, and Fa Miao moved the round stool to the side of the couch.

Zhuge Jin sat down and reached out to grab the hand that Fa Zheng held out: "Don't worry, I will do my best to ensure that the performance evaluation is completed smoothly."

"That's exactly what I was worried about."

Fa Zheng grabbed Zhuge Jin's palm tightly, turned his head and looked at Zhuge Jin's long face: "It's probably difficult for Ziyu to officiate at the wedding now."

"The servant will delay for several months, waiting for you to recover."

"The marriage has already been arranged, how can we make such a joke? Mr. Huang is in Guanzhong, we can ask him to officiate the wedding."

Fa Zheng gave instructions: "I was injured on the ice rink because I was weak and my reaction was slow. I can't blame anyone else. Please patiently advise the king, Ziyu, not to implicate innocent officials because of my mistakes."

Huang Chengyan would not refuse to be the officiant of the wedding. After entering Guanzhong, this old man had a deep knowledge and preference of Huang Lao theory. He was also good at astronomy and was about to become the director of the planetarium and would be responsible for the improvement of the new calendar.

The original calendar has been used until now, and the longer it has been used, the more obvious the errors have become. It is time to improve it.

Improving the calendar was a national affair, and there were calls for this during the reign of Emperor Ling.

Even though there was chaos in the north, there were still many people in Jingzhou and Yangzhou pushing this work forward.

From a personal standpoint, regardless of Huang Chengyan's background, this person has a deep connection with the Taiping Dao.

This is not an exception. The larger the family, the more resources it has to support a hermit like Huang Chengyan who is not involved in worldly affairs.

Soon Zhuge Jin arrived at the warm room and saw a personal soldier kneeling in front of the corridor outside the attic with his ice skates placed beside him.

Looking at the other lieutenant's epaulettes, Zhuge Jin probably knew that this was the person who caused the trouble.

He went straight into the building and saw several secretaries standing at the stairs, so he walked over and the secretaries made way for him.

After a few whispered words, Zhuge Jin came to the second floor and saw Yang Zheng sitting below Black Bear, sorting the annotated documents and putting them on a plate.

Black Bear glanced at Zhuge Jin, but said nothing. He continued to read the documents with his head down, maintaining his concentration.

Soon the documents were processed, and Black Bear said to Yang Xiu: "Xiao Zhi will be unable to work recently. You go to Xi Cao and ask Sima Zihua to nominate someone to take over temporarily."

"Here."

Yang Xiu responded respectfully, without showing any disappointment. Black Bear turned his head and looked at Gao Jun who was serving hot tea. "Tell him not to kneel anymore. Demote him one level of military rank and punish him to cut wood. When Xiaozhi recovers, call him back."

"Yes."

Gao Jun bowed, took two steps back, turned around and left quickly.

After Yang Xiu left with the wooden tray, Black Bear looked at Zhuge Jin and said, "Zi Yu arrived quickly."

"I am here to return the secret seal."

Zhuge Jin took out the copper seal and presented it with both hands. Black Bear pointed at the table and said, "Xiaozhi was injured accidentally. I have ordered people to put up a notice at the ice rink. The secretaries at the desk should also warn each other that skating after drinking is strictly prohibited."

"I accept your order."

Zhuge Jin bowed, but was also puzzled. Fa Zheng didn't seem like such a frivolous person.

He recalled the details of entering the attic just now, and the soldier did not look like he was drinking.

Seeing Zhuge Jin's hesitant look, Black Bear explained, "It's not that Xiaozhi drank alcohol, I'm worried that similar things will happen in the future. If he didn't drink alcohol, it would be even worse if he drank alcohol."

After sending Zhuge Jin away, Black Bear went to find Zhen Mi for lunch, but he had no appetite.

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He didn't like being monitored, so two Taoist soldiers stood guard at the door during lunch.

Holding a glass of fruit wine, he shook the crystal glass and said, "Yang Xiu came quickly, and Zhuge Jin was not slow either. Do you think Sima Zhi can choose a suitable person?"

Sima Zhi, the Western Cao official, was responsible for the personnel work of various Caos within the shogunate. Theoretically speaking, the personnel work of the Secretariat, which was changed from Huangge, was also managed by Sima Zhi.

In next year's performance evaluation, Sima Zhi from the Western Cao and Fu Gan from the Eastern Cao will both be sent out.

Sima Zhi has Pei Qian as an external aid. If Pei Qian causes trouble, Sima Zhi will have to take the responsibility. The same goes for Fu Gan. Fu Xun took the initiative to expel Liu Qi, causing unrest among the people in Nanjun.

Although he did not mind the worsening situation in Jingzhou, he was even happy to see this happen.

But this is not a pass for Fu Xun and Pei Qian to act recklessly and avoid responsibility.

Zhen Mi did not comment on the government affairs, but said: "Xixiang has sent us food and clothing, and the Right Wise King is fighting for you outside. You shouldn't neglect him too much."

"I have to let her know that there are some things she can't do. If she backs down from this step, no one will be able to control her in the future."

Black Bear drank, picked up chopsticks and a short knife, and cut the roasted beef tenderloin: "Wait another two years, and I will call her father back to Guanzhong."

Ma Teng was a county marquis and the General Zhenbei, and he established his government to guard Datong; Ma Chao was the Right Wise King. The father and son, one in the east and one in the west, echoed each other, which could indeed create a great illusion.

As more and more people believed it, even Ma Yunlu followed suit and began to become arrogant.

There wasn't much affection between them to begin with, so there was no question of a breakdown in their relationship.

In Black Bear's eyes, Ma Yunlu's impatience now is more about trying to force him to submit, indirectly acknowledge the power of the Ma family, and satisfy her sense of glory and power.

Even if there are emotional factors involved, how much is this emotion worth?

If they give in, the Ma family's power will be consolidated, and more people will flock to them, thus strengthening the group.

Seeing that Black Bear was not very happy, Zhen Mi stopped persuading him and instead talked about the marriage of women of marriageable age in Dongxiang.

Zhuge Jin's wife came from this group of female officials.

Not only female officials, but also any women who came to Dongxiang as free men and were over 24 years old and unmarried were included in the scope of this clearance and marriage.

Most of the women were assigned to nearby personal soldiers who were given names, and only a few female officials who had a close relationship with Zhen Mi were assigned to officials of the shogunate.

After this purge, the women in Dongxiang were mainly from Hebei Province in two batches. The first batch was the wives and daughters of criminal officials who were given as dowries to Yuan's daughter, and the second batch was the more than 500 people sent after the end of the You-Ji War.

The younger ones were arranged to go to school, and those who were a little older were taught to do needlework, such as weaving, embroidery, and clothing making.

There are always only about a dozen women who can truly manage female officials.

Therefore, Zhen Mi wanted to select a group of women from the common people to supplement Dongxiang in order to check and balance the people from Hebei.

Nowadays, as life has become more affluent among the people in the past two years, some slightly older girls are no longer in a hurry to get married and live with their husband's family.

That is why there are still a few unmarried girls of marriageable age among the people.

After hearing this request, Black Bear thought about it for a while and said, "I will let Guo Tai do this. I will select 300 people from believers everywhere. But Dongxiang must pay for their wages, at least 300 per month, as a dowry for your future marriage."

Feeling that Zhen Mi seemed to want to argue something, Black Bear said unhappily: "Don't just listen to the female officials around you. These people are sent out to select people, enjoy their own power and wealth, and dare to cause any trouble."

(End of this chapter)