When Li Zhang saw Kong Daofu forced himself to open and close the door, he was a little angry when he bullied himself at a young age, he said, "Li Zhang was just a small official in the door and obeyed the orders. Why should the censor force each other hard?"

Fan Zhongyan walked up and said in a deep voice: "You guard the Hemen, and you have both power and responsibility. How can you compare yourself with the minor officials? If you follow the orders and follow dozens of censors in front of the palace gate, why should you come here? The emperor has issued a clear edict and just follow the orders. ∷Why do we censors go to the palace late at night? Don't we censors know that it shouldn't be? It's not a good thing for the queen for no reason, it will be a peaceful and beautiful thing to humiliate the emperor's reputation and ruin our pilgrimage. All the subjects of the Song Dynasty should speak out loudly! You are close relatives of the emperor, and you should stand up at this time and ask the emperor to take back his orders and not listen to the confusion of one or two treacherous ministers!"

Li Zhang looked at the aggressive censors in front of him and took a breath and said, "What the Censors said may make sense, but the Song Dynasty had the rules of the censors going to the palace, and there was no rule that officials in the sect opened the palace privately. If the officials were to speak out loudly, they would be brave enough to serve, but why did Li Zhang accompany his family and life?"

To open the palace gate privately, it can be treated as a rebellion. Kong Daofu could not take this seriously because Li Zhang was a close relative of the emperor and would not suffer any serious consequences. Fan Zhongyan could not do such a thing and was speechless for a while.

Seeing that Li Zhang had always been respectful, he was still guarding the palace gate to death and refused to open the palace gate. Kong Daofu was inexplicably angry and walked quickly to the closed gate of the Chuigong Hall, slapped the copper ring with his hand, and shouted loudly: "If the empress is abolished for no reason, it is not the sage of the emperor, so why not let the censors enter the palace to face it? The emperor is inequality and the ministers are humiliated. If we cannot enter the palace tonight, we will guard outside the palace gate!"

The censors behind Kong Daofu and Fan Zhongyan were frozen when they saw the situation. Dozens of ministers were actually blocked outside the palace gate by a small official in the sect. The crowd was in a raging mood, and some people began to scold Li Zhang loudly.

Youzhengyan Liu Huan pulled the sleeve of the censor Jiang Tang, pointed to the hall-in-law Duan Shaolian, and said, "Dun Dianyuan is from Kaifeng, and his residence is not far from the family of the deputy envoy of Yantik. The Xu family and the Li family are family friends, and the Deputy Envoy Xu grew up with Li Zhang who guarded the gang. They have a very shallow friendship. Why not let us invite Deputy Envoy Xu together and ask him to persuade Li Zhang to open the gang and let us in to meet the lord, which is also very strong here."

Jiang Tang said: "Person Envoy Xu may not be following us."

Liu Huan said: "How can I know if I don't try it? Xu Ping's Jinshi in the fifth year of Tiansheng, and he was appointed as the deputy envoy of the Third Division within a few years. What I lack most in the court is people's expectations. If you have this opportunity, you may not reject us."

Anyway, staying here is not a solution, so Jiang Tang and Liu Huan found Duan Shaolian. A few big hats were pressed down, and Duan Shaolian could not refuse. The three of them left the crowd and left the palace.

Before leaving, the three of them had already told their whereabouts. Others agreed and disapproved, but there was no reason to stop them.

The sky became darker and the cold wind at night was blowing, making everyone in front of the palace tremble.

Kong Daofu lay on the palace gate, and was already crying. Several officials from the Censorate kept pounding the palace gate behind him.

Fan Zhongyan looked at Kong Daofu and said to Li Zhang who had been standing beside him: "Kong Xian was nearly fifty years old. He said that he was about the same age as Lingzun and was weak. If he continued to be in a stalemate, what should he do if he fell into a secret disease? The Shilin Public Discussion is that he would be blamed on you in the future. You have a duty and cannot open the palace gate without permission, so I can't force it. Why not do this? Just let your subordinates take care of the palace gate and ask for the emperor's orders in the palace by yourself?"

Li Zhang looked at the messy situation in front of the palace gate and knew that he would not stop tonight. After hearing Fan Zhongyan's words, he had no other choice but to agree.

Back at the small side hall of Hemen, Li Zhang ordered the guards not to open and close the door no matter what. After thinking about it, he was still worried. He took the key to the door and carried it on his body. Then he walked around the Chugong Hall from the corridor connecting Hemen and headed towards the depths of the inner room.

Duan Shao and Liu Huan and Jiang Tang out of the Imperial City, found their respective horses, and galloped all the way to Xu Ping's house near the Bian River.

It was not too late at this time. As the end of the year approached, pedestrians on the street were bustling with a lively scene. Various hawkers selling food and bits and pieces were carrying loads and yelling sounds were heard one after another.

The three of them couldn't walk quickly on horseback and were anxious.

After walking straight for more than half an hour, I finally got off the road by the Bian River and entered the alley where the Xu family was.

When I arrived in front of Xu Ping's house, I saw that the door was closed and there was no movement. Only a few lanterns held in front of the door were shaking in the cold wind, with "Yongning Hou Mansion" written on it, and the word "Xu" was written on the other side.

Duan Shaolian saw this scene and said to the two people around him: "In recent days, Deputy Envoy Xu has built a new mansion outside Wansheng Gate and often rests there. Today it seems that if you don't live in the city, it's better for us to go back."

Liu Huan said: "Since you have come, you have to hit the door and ask, how can you just go back like this!"

The three of them got off the horse, and Duan Shaolian twitched the bullet and went forward to shoot the door.

After a while, the door opened, a servant poked his head out of it, looked at the three of them and said, "Several officials, what's the important thing about coming to our Yongning Marquis Mansion late at night?"

Duan Shaolian looked at the two people around him and walked up and said, "Duan Shaolian, the censor in the lower palace, these two are my colleagues. We have important matters to find the county marquis. Please report it."

The servant looked at the three of them and shook his head: "I was unfortunately here. The county marquis rested outside the city today. Now only the wife is in the mansion. If it is convenient, the younger one can inform the wife of the wife."

Duan Shaolian said a whisper and was about to turn around and say goodbye.

Liu Huan said, "No, Xu Ping is a teenager and has never heard of him having taken concubines. How could he be separated from his wife for no reason? One lives in the city and the other lives outside the city?"

Jiang Tang asked, "How do you say that, Brother Liu?"

"This is clearly because I heard about what happened today, and I deliberately avoided us! Using this rhetoric, I wouldn't take us seriously if I asked a servant to send us away!"

After hearing Liu Huan's remarks, Jiang Tang felt suspicious and said to Duan Shaolian: "Liu Zhongzhang's words make sense."

Duan Shaolian said: "No matter whether it is reasonable or not, Deputy Envoy Xu has been closed and will not accept it, so we will go back quickly!"

Liu Huan grabbed Duan Shaolian who was about to leave: "Xiyi, tonight, all the officials of our censors will offend the power prime minister. Kong Xianjian and Fan Sijian brought everyone to join forces to ask for advice, and have already put life and death aside. If Xu Ping was in the mansion and did not dare to come out to see us, he must have thought that what we did was just a matter of fear of the powerful and fearful people! Since we are here, why don't we force him out and join us to persuade the emperor to take it back and take it back to the emperor's life and virtues!"
Chapter completed!