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

Chapter 73 Lin Shisan, Yang Bo, Wu Chengen, Afanti, Sun Wukong, fate

In the Northern Pacification Office, Deputy Captain Liu Shou was on duty.

Liu Shouyou was a man who valued his official duties more than his life. Even though it was the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, he had not yet returned home and was still on duty at the Zhenfu Division.

If he had lived in the Hongwu Dynasty, he would have been favored by Emperor Taizu, who was so diligent that he was morbid.

Master and disciple Lin Shisan walked in.

Liu Shouyou glanced at Lin Shisan: "What's the matter?"

Lin Shisan replied: "Sir, I have run into trouble. I need your help."

Liu Shouyou half-jokingly asked, "Help me kill someone?"

Lin Shisan was stunned: "It's not killing people, but borrowing people."

He told Liu Shouyou the whole story.

Liu Shouyou thought for a moment and asked, "To find a lost monkey, you should have borrowed people from the elephant training station from Captain Chang. Why did you ask me to borrow people from the Northern Division?"

Lin Shisan hesitated: "This."

Liu Shouyou glanced at Lin Shisan and said, "If you don't want to tell me, I'll tell you. Whether it's stealing a monkey or returning a monkey, the job was assigned to you by Captain Chang as a middleman. If you go to him to borrow someone, he will know that you messed up the job."

"Besides, you are not familiar with the people in the Northern Division. But you see the people in the Elephant Training Institute all the time. If Danian Gener calls his comrades from the Elephant Training Institute to Xiangshan to face the cold wind, they will definitely hate you."

"The people at the elephant training center are used to a comfortable life. The people at the Northern Division have to work hard all year round. Going to Xiangshan to look for monkeys is just a little cold, but there is no danger. They won't hate you."

Liu Shouyou was a smart man, and he saw through Lin Shisan's thoughts at a glance.

Liu Shouyou is another fool. As a boss, there are some things that you just know, so why point them out?

Lin Shisan bowed and said, "I cannot hide my little thoughts from you. You really have a clear understanding of the world."

Liu Shouyou's insight into worldly affairs is as clear as a mirror, while Lin Shisan's understanding of human nature is as profound as an article.

Liu Shouyou felt particularly happy to be praised.

He asked, "Tell me. How many people are needed?"

Lin Shisan replied: "One hundred."

Liu Shouyou thought for a moment and said, "I have seven secret general flag teams. I will lend you two. Only for one day."

The Jinyiwei people respected the beggar with yellow beard because the yellow beard was "useful".

Liu Shouyou was willing to help Lin Shisan because Lin Shisan was "useful".

Over the past few months, Lin Shisan has been very useful as a messenger between the Yan Party and Governor Lu.

Lin Shisan's heart skipped a beat: One day? There's no chance of finding that naughty monkey Sun Wukong!

Liu Shouyou saw through his thoughts and said, "It's good enough that I can lend it to you for a day. The Secret Chiefs' Flag Team is not like those lazy people in the elephant training institute."

At this point, Lin Shisan could no longer bargain: "Thank you, Captain Liu."

Liu Shouyou asked: "When will it be used?"

Lin Shisan replied: "Early tomorrow morning."

Liu Shouyou said: "Okay. Come to the North Division tomorrow morning to lead the people."

After leaving the Northern Pacification Office, Lin Shisan went to Zhuniapao Hutong in the south city and found Wu Chengen.

After Lin Shisan revealed his identity, Wu Chengen was greatly surprised: "Aren't you dung workers?"

Lin Shisan lied, "Mr. Wu doesn't know. The imperial court attaches great importance to the Ministry of Personnel's Grand Examination. The imperial court ordered the Jinyiwei to disguise themselves and secretly investigate the character of the candidates and tribute-seekers who participated in the Grand Examination."

"I came here pretending to be a dung worker to secretly check your character."

Wu Cheng'en was frightened by Lin Shisan's eloquent speech: "Ah? So you are on duty."

Lin Shisan said, "I don't deserve to be called an official. I am just following orders. I came here this time because my superior ordered me to help you find the monkey."

"Tomorrow morning I will bring a hundred Jinyiwei comrades. You and the two servants will follow me to Xiangshan to look for Sun Wukong." Wu Chengen was extremely surprised: "Just to help me find the monkey, the Jinyiwei will send out a hundred people?"

Lin Shisan smiled and said, "Your best friend Li Butang has great reputation. He has found Chang Qianhu of our Weili, so Weili will naturally do its best."

Wu Chengen thanked him profusely: "Oh, thank you for troubling me so much."

How could he know that it was not Li Chunfang who had great reputation, but the emperor's oral order that had great reputation.

Lin Shisan said, "Then it's settled. I'll bring my comrades to meet you tomorrow morning, and we'll go to Xiangshan."

After finding all the people, Lin Shisan went to the store on the east side of Gouqionghu Hutong.

The so-called playthings are the children's toys in later generations.

The shopkeeper recognized Lin Shisan and said, "Mr. Lin, are you here to buy toys for Hu'er and Xiaochuan again?"

Lin Shisan replied: "I didn't buy it for them. Do you have a hundred rattles in your shop?"

The rattle will be used to find the monkey tomorrow.

The shopkeeper was surprised: "One, one hundred?"

Lin Shisan replied: “That’s right.”

The shopkeeper said, "I do have one or two hundred in stock. I plan to sell them for a year. What do you want so many for?"

Lin Shisan smiled and said, "Don't worry about that. Just tell me how much money you want."

The shopkeeper replied, "It's thirty coins per stick. If you want a large quantity, I'll charge twenty-five coins per stick. Two strings of silver, five hundred coins, or two taels and three coins."

Lin Shisan took out a few pieces of silver from his leather eggplant bag, about three taels, and said, "I'll give it all to you. Don't ask for change."

The shopkeeper said, "Ah, how can we give so much more?"

Lin Shisan said: "Neighbors should take care of each other's business. You don't have to be polite to me."

The shopkeeper found a hundred rattles from the storeroom and lent Lin Shisan a shoulder pole and two baskets.

Lin Shisan returned home carrying two baskets of rattles.

Wang Xiaochuan ran over happily: "Dad, Dad, why did you buy so many rattles for me and Tiger brother?"

Lin Youniu was not in the yard, so Biyun whispered to Lin Shisan and started a little joke between husband and wife: "Did you get the daughter of the owner of the store at the east end of the alley pregnant?"

Lin Shisan said: "Go to hell."

Wang Xiaochuan picked up a rattle, but Lin Shisan snatched it away: "This is for Dad to use when he's on duty tomorrow. When Dad is done with his duty, I'll give you both baskets of rattles. Dad won't care if you break your wrist."

Biyun asked, "What kind of errand requires a rattle?"

Lin Shisan pointed at the empty bamboo cage and said, "What else could it be? I have to find the lost monkey. That monkey is related to..."

Lin Shisan wanted to say that it was about "my head", but he swallowed the words back. He didn't want his wife to worry.

Biyun asked: "What does it matter?"

Lin Shisan replied perfunctorily: "Ah, it concerns my salary this month."

The sun sets in the west, the moon rises, and the moon is above the treetops. For many people, this is a long winter night.

Lin Shisan in Gouqibo Hutong couldn't sleep. He didn't know if a hundred people could find Sun Wukong from the huge Xiangshan Mountain within a day.

Wu Cheng'en in Zhuniapao Hutong couldn't sleep. He was upset for two days because Sun Wukong was missing. He treated him like his own son, just as he treated "Journey to the West" as his own flesh and blood.

Yang Bo in Xiangshan Yong'an Zen Temple had trouble falling asleep. There were too many corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty and too few honest officials, which resulted in the people's burden increasing year by year, the court's annual revenue decreasing year by year, and the military expenditure of the Ministry of War decreasing year by year. He had to use the limited military expenditure to keep the enemies out of the country, and he racked his brains almost every day.

Afanti, the leader of the Wolf Extermination in the Shaan-Gan Alley of Dazhalan, can't sleep. Tomorrow he will assassinate Yang Bo, the biggest enemy of Turpan. Whether Turpan can successfully expand eastward and occupy Suzhou and even Ganzhou depends on this move.

How could the four people who couldn't sleep have imagined that they would have a wonderful fate tomorrow. And the one who played the role of matchmaker for their fate was a macaque named Sun Wukong.

(End of this chapter)