When we arrived at Zhongmu County, it was already late at night and the gate of the county was closed. Li Zi called Kaichengmen as the deputy envoy of the Privy Councilor. He passed through Zhongmu County and ran straight towards Kaifeng City.

When discussing with Cai Qi before leaving, Cai Qi was still hesitating. A deputy envoy of the Privy Council and a deputy envoy of the Third Division returned to Beijing overnight, which must have involved extremely important matters and shocked a lot. Qiao Datou's affairs did not seem to be that important. The two ministers rushed back overnight. Is it a big deal?

Xu Ping reminded Cai Qi and Li Zi that the envoy of Dangxiang went to Wutai Mountain to perform rituals, and once they were finished, they would go back to Dangxiang directly from Daizhou. If they really had the task of being spies, they would just see the mountains and rivers of the border along the way. Starting from Daizhou, through Ninghua Army, Kelan Army, Baode Army, Fuzhou, and Linzhou, and returning to Dangxiang, the end happened to be the place where Dangxiang has been harassing in recent years. If Zhao Yuanhao opposed the Song Dynasty, it would be their primary direction of attack. This is not a big deal, but it cannot be delayed for a moment. We must stop the envoy of Dangxiang halfway.

If others say this, the two prime ministers may not pay much attention to it. The weight of this statement from Xu Ping's mouth is very different. This is a person who has led troops to fight wars. He naturally has his own unique views on the analysis of military situation.

Soon they discussed and decided that Cai Qi would stay to deal with the remaining affairs, and Li Zi and Xu Ping returned to Beijing overnight. As soon as the gate of Kaifeng's outer city opened tomorrow, the two of them would enter the city first, and go to Yang Jingzong to find out the incident and the result.

Walking along the avenue on the bank of the Bian River, the wind rushing toward the face was filled with water vapor and the unique breath of the night. The frog that was croaking was hiding where he was hiding, and he screamed without stopping.

Xu Ping's mood was a little complicated and indescribable. Will Zhao Yuanhao rebel? Xu Ping, who has memories of his previous life, could answer with certainty, and it must rebel. Does it have to do with what Qiao Datou reported this time? It has something to do with it, but it won't be too big. Zhao Yuanhao has been preparing for so many years, and Song has no precautions against him. Through various channels, he must have already figured out the border geography and even Song's military deployment. This time, he was a real spy, and he only understood the geography and human feelings of the border, which may not be related to military operations.

But Xu Ping must take advantage of this opportunity to make the court more vigilant about Dangxiang and make targeted arrangements, so as to minimize losses as much as possible once the war occurs. Another point is that Qiao Datou is a person he met in Yongzhou and his old subordinate at that time. No matter what kind of person he is, he is not something that a cat or a dog can bully at will.

Xu Ping really confronted Yang Jingzong and went back to protect his people, but the matter would be left unresolved. On the contrary, Xu Ping did not mention Qiao Datou's identity from his old subordinate in Yongzhou, and bit him to death for the sake of the frontier military information. Yang Jingzong was in trouble this time. With Empress Dowager Yang there, it would be impossible to punish him, but if he didn't kick him to the far-fledged state army to suffer, Xu Ping would not finish this time. When he really fought with Dangxiang in the future, Yang Jingzong's bad deeds would be mentioned often, and he would not think about getting any good jobs in his life.

Returning to Beijing overnight is public and private. To Xu Ping, it is really a bit bigger. For so many years, Xu Ping has always believed that everything is impossible to tell others. This time he made an exception, and naturally he felt an unspeakable feeling in his heart.

No matter how complicated the mood is, Xu Ping is not so pedantic that he thinks he has done something wrong. Where can he follow his wishes in the world? People always have to do it.

His old subordinates were not satisfied with the people transferred to the capital, so why didn't Xu Ping know? But now he is in the Third Division, and he doesn't care about the army anymore, and he can only treat it as if he doesn't know. He has led troops to fight wars, but now he will be taboo when he intervenes in military affairs. He can only pass through the bridge and road army to give his old subordinates some convenience and help make up for it from time to time, but Xu Ping himself cannot come forward.

Although the Bridge Roadxiang Army is also under the Privy Council, many of the daily tasks are related to the Third Division. It is considered to be dual leaders of the two yamen. Xu Ping cares about what no one will say. The Third Division, especially the Palace Front Division, is the most reliable armed force around the emperor. The prime minister dares not say anything easily. Who dares to care about him casually?

As for the Imperial City Department, to be honest, no matter whether it is civil or military, no official in the court would like to see this yamen. If something happens, it is afraid that all the officials in the court will take the blame. Wang Huaijie's identity is also embarrassing, and Yang Jingzong could not expect the Imperial City Department to help him, just to see how much pressure he could withstand.

Compared with the inner city, the gates of the outer city are closed early and late, basically according to the rules of opening the doors at dawn and closing the doors at dawn. When it is dark and dawn, the moments of the Sitianjian are followed. Of course, the management of the outer city gates is far less stringent than that of the inner city and the imperial city. Xu Ping often goes back late and calls the gates to open home. There is a long list of records about him. When his home is outside the city, what are the solutions?

It was the darkest time before dawn that Xu Ping and Li Zi took Li Zhang and others outside Xinzheng's door.

After stopping the horse, Li Zi said, "It won't take a long time before the city gate will open. After walking overnight, we went there to drink a bowl of wontons, and at least fill our stomachs and nourish our spirits."

Let the two soldiers look at the horse, and the group went to the wonton stall not far from the city gate and ordered wontons.

What this stall does is to get up early and enter the city. When a large group of people come to take care of their own wishes, the owner is so happy that he can't stop and runs back and forth to greet him.

Li Zi has many followers, and it has been a lot of time when everyone has eaten. Xu Ping is willing to ask someone to go home and say it, but after thinking about it, let’s just forget it. If you have something to do, don’t make any trouble.

After drinking wontons, I couldn't wait much time. The sky had just gotten a little light and the city gate slowly opened.

Li Zi and Xu Ping took the lead and asked Li Zhang to lead the way through Xinzheng Gate, pass through the old Zheng Gate, and follow the Nianyuan Street and head straight towards Tianshui Lane. No matter what the outcome last night, they still have to go there first to take a look.

The fog in the morning was thick, and when I didn't walk far, I wet my hair and my robes were wet.

There were no pedestrians on the street, and horses' hooves knocked on the stone road, making a crisp sound.

When the wing soldiers who were patrolling the streets or sweeping on the road heard this sound, they looked up and suddenly saw the Qingluo umbrella's ceremonial guard coming out of the dark shadow. They were so scared that they hurriedly flashed to the roadside to make way, and they didn't dare to raise their heads.

When the team passed, these people were talking. How could the priest master come from outside the city early in the morning? Looking at the direction of the team, it is not about going to court. What big things happened in the city?

Turning to the avenue by the Bian River, businessmen began to appear on the road, carrying loads and walking quickly on the road, lowering themselves and not talking. When the horse team passed by them, they suddenly raised their heads to look at it.

There are two streets of Tianshui Lane in Kaifeng City. The first Tianshui Lane to the east is the second Tianshui Lane to the west. When Li Zi and Xu Ping arrived at the intersection of the Second Tianshui Lane, they suddenly found that there were many torches lit here, which were as bright as daytime.

Seeing that there were many wing soldiers standing under the torch, Li Zi and Xu Ping didn't know what happened. Li Zi called his entourage and went up to the leader to ask why such a person is here.

The follower lifted the reins and walked up to him and said loudly: "Mr. Li of the Privy Council is here. Who are you leading the team? Come out quickly, my husband has something to ask!"

As soon as the words fell, a military officer of forty-fifth fifty ran out of the room and whispered loudly as he ran: "Tao Tianli, the small left second-wing inspector, please reply to your husband's words!"

The entourage brought him to Li Zi and explained his errands.

As the inspector of the wing in the capital, Tao Tianli naturally recognized Li Zi and Xu Ping and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Li Zi asked in a deep voice: "I'll ask you, early in the morning, why did you bring so many people to block this intersection? What happened in the alley?"

Tao Tianli bowed and said, "When you go back to your grandfather, inside the alley, inside the alley-" Speaking of this, Tao Tianli hesitated for a moment, glanced at Li Zhang who had seen Xu Ping, his eyes lit up, and his speech immediately became fluent. "When you go back to your grandfather, there is an estate of the imperial city chief Yang Taiwei in the alley. Yesterday, because he didn't know what happened, he had some quarrel with several imperial guards in the front office of the palace. The two sides confronted and threatened to show up for a life or death. After the news, the young man hurriedly brought the army. However, how could these people under me suppress them? They struggled all night until now."

Li Zi and Xu Ping looked at each other and nodded, but they didn't expect that they were not late.

Kaifeng City is divided into 16 wings according to the area, inside and outside the city, which is roughly similar to the districts of later cities, and is basically equivalent to county-level administrative units. Originally, the court wanted to designate a wing official and confirm this administrative level, but the urban area was dealing with city figures, and the affairs were complicated, and scholars did not want to be this official, so the administrative chief was still a false one. Only those who had specific duties in the wing inspection were responsible for public security, such as those who were truly equipped with complete personnel.

The area of ​​Tianshuixiang belongs to the second wing of the left army in the old city, generally referred to as the second wing of the left.

The seventh wings of the old city and the new city in the city are directly under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture, while the nine wings outside the city are part of Kaifeng Prefecture and Xiangfu County. The second wing on the left is the place directly under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture. Although there are prosecutors in the mansion at night, whether it is Yang Jingzong or the military officer in the front office of the Palace, which one can be managed by the prosecutors? The prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture can barely be managed by it.

He ignored it and did not dare to let them make trouble. If something happened, he could not afford to be guilty. So he sent the inspector from the second wing of the left to guard it and took people to watch it. As long as he didn't really fight, he would be fine.

Duan Laoyuan analyzed to Li Zhang well. Both sides did not mean to be furious. They both wanted to overwhelm each other in terms of momentum. There was also a patrol inspector who took the soldiers there and confronted each other overnight, but he still had no action.

Xu Ping and Li Zi rushed back overnight, just as soon as possible. One hour later, there was someone in the yamen, so they took the matter over, which would take some extra effort.
Chapter completed!