Xia Yan gently touched the book: "Wow, why are there so many books in the yard?"

Mu Nanjin came out of the house and said, "Please check here to see if there is the rare copy you want. If not, I will go look for it again."

"A single copy?"

Si Yuhuan picked up a book at random and flipped through it. The contents inside were all about criminal law.

She turned to the next book, which was about policy theory.

“These are very common books.”

"Eh? What kind of painting is this? Why are a naked man and a naked woman entangled together?"

Xia Yan was both shy and curious.

Lin Ziwen took a look before leaving, and her face suddenly turned red: “Ah, this is not a book you can read.”

She quickly closed the book: "This is a pornographic picture."

"Spring, erotic picture?" Xia Yan was stunned.

"Sexy paintings? There are erotic paintings in these books?" Mu Nanjin opened the book out of curiosity, but saw that the characters in the paintings were extremely ugly. He immediately lost interest: "They are all so ugly, so boring."

Everyone: “…”

Isn’t this the point?

Mu Nanjin returned to the room and brought out another stack of books and placed them in front of Si Yuhuan: "Take a look at these books again."

These books were brought by her from the emperor, so they shouldn't be in bad condition.

"A collection of epitaphs from the Ming, Tang and Northern Dynasties?"

Si Yuhuan opened it and read it carefully, and said happily: "This content is actually true."

Xia Yan asked: "Sister Si, is this the only copy?"

"It's not an isolated copy, but it's a very rare and precious copy that can't be bought in bookstores. If we put it in a teahouse, it will definitely attract many literary people to come in and read it."

Mu Nanjin asked Si Yuhuan: "If I let you copy the contents and then take the copied book to a teahouse for people to read, will it still attract literary fans?"

"Literati look at the content, not the collection, so they don't care about these things." Si Yuhuan asked: "Miss Mu, do you want me to copy it?"

Mu Nanjin nodded: "I borrowed these books. You have to return them after you finish copying them."

"Does the other party agree to let us copy it?"

Mu Nanjin affirmed: "I agree."

She stole the book from the emperor, so she couldn't ask him whether he agreed or not, so she could only assume that he agreed.

Si Yuhuan flipped through the next book, then looked at Mu Nanjin with wide eyes in shock: "Miss Mu, this is a unique copy, a unique copy. Can a unique copy be copied?"

"copy."

Mu Nanjin went back to the room to get his official hat, then came out and said, "I have to go to work. If you need money, go find Xu Bo. If you encounter problems that you can't solve, come to the Duwei Mansion to find me."

"On duty?"

The girls then realized that she was really wearing official uniform, and it was the uniform of the Jinyiwei.

Si Yuhuan looked at Mu Nanjin in surprise: "The girl is a Jinyiwei."

Mu Nanjin put on his hat and asked, "Don't you already know?"

Si Yuhuan shook her head: "We always thought you were the daughter of some lord in the Imperial Guards."

When she returned to Beijing, Mu Nanjin always wore casual clothes, and the Jinyiwei only called her by her name or "Mu Yatou" or "Mu Girl".

"I won't say any more. I'm going to be late. Captain Liu will start complaining again."

Mu Nanjin hurriedly left the yard.

She didn't notice that the girls in the yard were looking at her enviously.

"It's great that women can also be officials."

“I want to be an official, too.”

Lin Zishu thought for a moment and said, "Two months ago, I heard that a female official had emerged from the Jinyiwei in the capital. At that time, everyone was saying that she had obtained her position through improper means, and I thought so at the time. But now it seems that it was all a misunderstanding. With Miss Mu's ability, it would not be a problem for her to sit in the position of the pacification envoy."

The others nodded in agreement.

Mu Nanjin was late in the end, but he was not reprimanded but congratulated by the Jinyiwei.

"Congratulations, Master Mu. Congratulations, Master Mu."

"Congratulations on what?"

Mu Nanjin's head was covered with sweat.

Everyone smiled mysteriously and refused to tell her the truth.

When we arrived at the left courtyard, Captain Liu came over with a smile: "Mu Nanjin, you are here? Have you had breakfast? If not, there is a breakfast in my office. Oh, by the way, after the shift, I will invite you to have dinner with Lord Kan and the others, you can't sneak away early."

Mu Nanjin looked at Captain Liu with suspicion.

[I was late, but he didn't scold me and instead offered to treat me to a meal? ]

[What's wrong with him, being so enthusiastic towards me? ]

[Is there anything else you want me to do? ]

Captain Liu tapped her forehead lightly: "Why are you looking at me with suspicion? I am sincerely inviting you to dinner."

"Oh." Mu Nanjin nodded.

"Let's go to the governor's office."

Then, the Jinyiwei passing by them began to congratulate them again, but this time it was Captain Liu.

"Congratulations, Captain Liu. Oh, no, we should call you Captain Liu."

"Congratulations to Captain Liu on his promotion. Remember to give us promotion candies."

"The governor hasn't announced this yet, so don't shout." Captain Liu scolded, but he couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

The Jinyiwei laughed and said, "This is all settled on the board."

Mu Nanjin asked: "Captain Liu was promoted?"

"Thanks to you."

Captain Liu originally thought that he would stay at the position of Captain for the rest of his life, but he did not expect that he would skip the position of Fifth Rank Captain and Deputy Captain, and be promoted to Fifth Rank Captain. This was not only because he had made contributions in suppressing bandits, but more importantly, Mu Nanjin's elixir greatly increased his strength.

You have to know that in the Jinyiwei, what matters is not only the ability to do things, but also the high rank of the warrior. He is now an eighth-rank warrior and is fully capable of taking on the position of a thousand households.

"Congratulations."

Captain Liu smiled heartily: "Thank you."

They came to the governor's office.

The governor who was talking to others saw Mu Nanjin and said with a smile: "Our Mu Xiaoqi is here."

Mu Nanjin frowned: "Mu Xiaoqi?"

[What kind of weird nickname is this? It sounds weird.]

The deputy governor asked Captain Liu, "Didn't you tell her?"

"No."

Captain Liu knew that Mu Nanjin didn't like promotion, and he wouldn't be stupid enough to spoil her fun by mentioning this in front of her.

"Mu Xiaoqi, congratulations on your promotion." The governor said with a smile, "You are now a seventh-rank flag."

"Promotion?"

Mu Nanjin's face suddenly turned ugly.

[I don’t want a promotion. The higher the position, the greater the responsibility and the more things to do.]

[I'm so depressed. I wanted to be demoted, but why did I get promoted? ]

[If I just beat up the governor and the deputy governor, they will definitely not promote me again.]

The governor and the deputy governor were ashamed.

It wasn't him who promoted her, so why did she beat him? Captain Liu whispered in Mu Nanjin's ear: "Actually, being a small flag officer is pretty good. At least Xu Cheng and Yang Bo, who you brought back to Beijing, have a place to go."

The bandits were wiped out, and Xu Cheng and Yang Bo had nowhere to go. They didn't know what to do to support themselves, so they returned to the capital with Mu Nanjin. Now they are arranged to live in Xiaoqing Tower, but it is not a permanent place.

Mu Nanjin raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?"

"A small flag bearer can lead ten ninth-rank Jinyiwei under him. As long as you take them into the Jinyiwei, they will be yours. If there are things you don't want to do in the future, let them do them. They can also live in the Jinyiwei's station, so they have a place to stay."

Mu Nanjin thought about what he said and said, "You can bring ten ninth-rank Jinyiwei..."

[In the future, if I don’t want to be on duty, I can ask my subordinates to do it. If I don’t want to run errands, I can ask my subordinates to do it. I can ask my subordinates to do whatever I want to eat or do. Then I can be lazy. Besides, I am a seventh-rank official, so I shouldn’t have too much work to do.]

[Yeah, so it's the seventh rank.]

The governor-general: "..."

He could only say that Captain Liu was the only one who understood Mu Nanjin.

Mu Nanjin asked: "Then how do we get Xu Cheng and the others to join the Jinyiwei?"

Captain Liu patted his chest and said, "When I am officially promoted to captain, it will be a matter of a word from me."

The captain has the right to recruit people, otherwise Tang Jingrui would not have brought Mu Nanjin into the Jinyiwei.

However, after recruiting people, they still need to be reviewed by their superiors. First, they need to be approved by the pacification envoy, then submitted to the commander for review, and finally the governor will make the final decision.

He dared to say that the governor would definitely not object.

At least she would not object to Mu Nanjin taking Xu Cheng and the others with her, because she could control Xu Cheng and Yang Bo in her hands.

Mu Nanjin nodded.

Soon, all the Jinyiwei who were eligible for promotion came to the Dudu Wenyuan.

The governor-general then read out the list of promotions and rewards, and then distributed new official uniforms.

There was a lot of turnover among the Jinyiwei personnel, so they would prepare Feiyu uniforms in advance in order to confirm each other's identities. However, the prepared official uniforms would be relatively large, so they could only go back and ask someone to modify them.

Finally, the governor announced the end.

From this moment on, Captain Liu truly became Captain Liu.

Mu Nanjin also became Mu Xiaoqi.

Everyone was happy for their colleague's promotion and thanked each other.

Tang Jingrui walked up to Mu Nanjin with a complicated expression: "Mu Nanjin, congratulations on your promotion."

When she was first recruited, no one thought she would be promoted, and with her abilities, promotion would not be a problem.

"Thank you." Mu Nanjin asked Captain Liu, "Liu Bai...oh, no, Captain Liu, how much reward did the governor-general tell me I got?"

Captain Liu smiled and said, "He said that you have made the greatest contribution and there is a reward of three thousand taels."

In fact, no matter how great her contribution was, it was impossible to get a reward of three thousand taels. It was only because they were worried that she would covet the bandits' gold and silver treasures again that they increased the reward amount sixfold.

Alas, it is not easy to be her superior. I have to always think about how to reward her without taking advantage of the national treasury.

Mu Nanjin turned around and said to Tang Jingrui, "When I receive the reward, you can take them back to my aunt and say that I am honoring her with them."

Tang Jingrui: “…”

She loves money so much, but she is willing to give all the rewards to Tang Liuzhao. Is it true filial piety or out of guilt?

After finishing his shift, Tang Jingrui returned to the Tang Mansion with three thousand taels.

In front of Mr. Tang and Mrs. Tang, he took out three thousand taels and placed them in front of Tang Liuzhao.

Tang Liuzhao was confused: "This is..."

Tang Jingrui said: "Mu Nanjin got promoted."

Tang Liuzhao was slightly stunned.

"Promoted?" Old Madam Tang couldn't help but raise her voice: "She was promoted again?"

Mr. Tang frowned: "Didn't she get promoted a few days ago? How come she got promoted again?"

Tang Jingrui said calmly: "She has done a great job."

"She has done something great?" Old Madam Tang said as if she had heard a huge joke: "What kind of merit can a weak woman like her do?"

Tang Jingrui did not explain further: "Anyway, she has made great contributions and is now a seventh-rank official."

"Seventh rank?" Mr. Tang's eyes widened. "Skip the eighth rank and rise to the seventh rank?"

If he makes another contribution next time, wouldn't he be able to be promoted to the fifth rank and be on the same level as his son and grandson?

Jiang Zhenru murmured, "She was promoted too quickly."

Madam Tang said unhappily, "Did they make a mistake? How could she have made a contribution?"

"Grandma." Tang Jingrui called her calmly, "Mu Nanjin's achievement is a good thing for us. He will be able to help the Tang family in the future."

Mrs. Tang and Mr. Tang felt relieved after hearing this.

"We are so excited because we don't believe a little girl can make a contribution." Mr. Tang coughed lightly and changed the subject: "Let's not talk about this. Let's talk about the three thousand taels."

"Three thousand taels is the reward given to Mu Nanjin by the court. She asked me to bring it back to my aunt, saying it was a gift to honor her."

Tang Liuzhao's face suddenly darkened and he threw the banknotes to the ground: "I don't want her things."

"How can you be so hard on money, kid?" Old Madam Tang glared at her unhappily, then stood up, picked up the banknote and put it in her arms: "If you don't want it, then mother will keep it for you first."

Tang Liuzhao: “…”

At this time, the guard at the gate came in and said, "Second Young Master, two Jinyiwei are looking for you."

"Tell them to find me in my study." Tang Jingrui stood up and said to Mr. Tang and the others, "Grandfather, grandmother, mother, aunt, I have some business to attend to, so I'll take my leave now."

Mr. Tang said, "Business is important, get busy now."

Tang Jingrui returned to the study in his courtyard. Not long after, two Jinyiwei came in. They were the people who were sent to investigate the matter of Mu Nanjin a few days ago.

Tang Jingrui asked: "Did you get any results from this trip?"

One of the Jinyiwei said, "You lived up to your trust. We actually found out something."

Tang Jingrui hurriedly asked: "Tell me quickly, what did you find out?"

"Except for Mu Qinyi and his sister's child, all the other members of the Mu family you asked us to investigate died of the epidemic. Later, Mu Qinyi brought his sister's daughter to Beijing to look for relatives, but unexpectedly died of illness on the way. In the end, a man with the girl sent them back to their hometown for burial."

Tang Jingrui guessed that the man with the little girl might be the current Mu Qinyi, and the little girl was Mu Nanjin: "Do you know the name of this man?"

"His last name is also Mu. He said he was a distant relative of Mu Qinyi. After burying Mu Qinyi and his family, he took the girl away and never came back. We went to investigate Mu Qinyi's distant relatives, but there was no such person. Mu's relatives also said there was no such person. We really couldn't find any clues, so we had to come back to report to you."

Tang Jingrui also knew that they had tried their best. He took out a hundred taels of silver and put it on the table: "Thank you for your hard work. You can go down now."

"yes."

The Jinyiwei took the banknotes and left.

Tang Jingrui got up and went to find Tang Wenzong and told him the results of the investigation.

Emperor Wenzong of Tang decided to wait for Mu Qinyi to come back and ask him personally.

Thank you for the reward, muah