Golden light had already shot out from the sky, and the sun was about to move in the dark, and it was about to dawn.

Song Xiang squeezed into the crowd and looked inside. A person who looked like a man next to him looked at Song Xiang and said to him: "Since you are wearing an official robe, just go in, what are you scrambling with us people!"

Song Xiang bowed and bowed: "Don't be upset, my father-in-law, I just happened to pass by and came over to see me. There was still something important to do. I squeezed my good or bad and left immediately."

The official saw that Song Xiang was polite, but turned his head and ignored him.

After looking at it, Song Xiang asked again: "Brother-in-law, please ask, why are there so many people here early in the morning?"

The official looked at Song Xiang up and down, and felt that he had a kind face, so he said, "I came too late, I only listened to it. I will just say it for a moment, and you will listen for a moment."

"Please give me advice and listen carefully."

The official nodded: "I heard that yesterday there was a rash man from Mount Wutai. He said that he had discovered the envoy Dangxiang to investigate the geography of the border and also drew figures. Isn't this a detailed work? The rash man reported to the local officials, but he didn't want the local county magistrate to only believe in the words of the envoy Dangxiang, and regarded him as a messenger, and beat him up. The rash man was dissatisfied and begged all the way to the capital, saying that he wanted to knock on the drum and tell the magistrate. He didn't want to walk to the sour jujube gate, but was stopped by the jail officer."

Seeing that the official stopped talking, Song Xiang hurriedly supported the scene: "The prison official is so rude! How could he stop the people coming to Beijing to beat drums? The ancestors' legal system did not have this rule!"

The official nodded with satisfaction and continued: "This official understands the truth! Otherwise, the official protects each other, and the garrison officer was probably trying to protect the magistrate, so he stopped the person. Just as the Imperial City Office had a position in the Sozao Gate, the garrison officer handed over the person to the Imperial City Office and brought it here."

Song Xiang asked, "Why were you brought here? Not to the Imperial City Office?"

"Because that Liu Tie was the companion of Yang Taiwei, the Imperial City Secretary, and Yang Taiwei has a house outside here..."

Seeing that Song Xiang was aware of the matter, the official said it all over and over again, and did not forget to add jealousy. How rogue and domineering Yang Jingzong was so arrogant, Qiao Datou was a hero. At the critical moment, Li Xianggong of the Privy Council and Yongning Hou of the Privy Council were like divine weapons coming from the sky, pulling his life back from a critical moment.

Song Xiang nodded repeatedly, finished listening, and bowed to the official: "Thank you, my father-in-law, for saying that I still have urgent matters, so I will say goodbye. If you have the fate in the future, please drink."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the crowd.

Song Xiang left the city yesterday. He asked for leave today and did not go to the morning court. He just came back from outside the city.

The morning court is not strictly managed. Only five days a day can the court officials who are all big and small in daily life. Usually, the ordinary small officials do not require them to go to the station every day. Only those who have important duties in Xu Ping must arrive every day. Although Song Xiang was the head of the Censorate, the Censorate did not report on regular affairs at this time, so it was still easy to take leave.

He came back from outside the city and not long after he entered the city, he heard someone on the road talking about the matter of Tianshui Lane. What does the Censorate do? What he is best at is catching wind and shadows and making news. Now that there is first-hand information in front of him, how could Song Xiang let it go? Asked along the way, he found this place.

The Censorate is not the Censorate and does not have the right to pick up officials. He is not qualified to ask the officials on the scene what happened. But he has his own way. He has asked many people just now and has basically figured out the matter. He no longer delays here, and hurried back to the Censorate to go back and brew a big storm.

Looking at the sky, Li Zi said: "Xu Waijing, you should take this Qiao Datou to see the imperial doctor first to see the injury. Later, come to the Privy Council and ask him if you have something to do."

Xu Ping Yingnuo greeted Lu Fang, took two people to support Qiao Datou, and Li Zhang led him to find the imperial doctor.

Yang Jingzong stood there stupidly, watching everyone leaving, and couldn't help but ask, "Is the matter over?"

"It's over? Of course it's not over!" Li Ziben was about to leave, but when he heard this, he turned around. "You did something extremely ridiculous this time. Go back to my yamen first and wait for the disposal!"

After saying that, Li Zi took his followers away.

If Yang Jingzong wanted to tell the difference, Li Zi had already left the door as soon as he opened his mouth. He secretly scolded himself for talking too much. The old man had left again, so why did he call him back? The Imperial City Department was not under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, but how dare Yang Jingzong not listen to Li Zi? In front of the prime minister, he was just a sesame official in the business of the Imperial City Department, how dare he commit suicide?

Lu Fang led someone to support Qiao Datou and asked Xu Ping: "Monkey King, that's all for today?"

Xu Ping glared at him: "Bigou said what he knew, of course it's all right! Didn't you come here for this? Remember in the future, no matter how urgent the matter is, you can't be so reckless!"

Lu Fang understood: "Remember the commands of the county marquis, and never dared again!"

At this point, today's incident will definitely cause a storm. Xu Ping's intention was to let his old subordinates in Yongzhou kill him for the sake of Qiao Datou, and for the military information on the frontier, which has nothing to do with any personal grudges. As a soldier who has fought a war, it is natural to be particularly sensitive to military information. Yang Jingzong no longer pursued him, because he could not find a result, and the soldiers had no right to speak in the court.

Anyway, the Censorate and the Censorate who chased Yang Jingzong were the ones who fought against him. Why bother to get into this muddy water?

Qiao Datou kept bleeding from his mouth, but he felt comfortable and said to Lu Fang: "I am grateful if you bring someone to stand up for me. How can I make things difficult for you? That bird Taiwei has already despised Mr. Li, and I think it's hard to get it. We'll just wait and see!"

Xu Ping said to Qiao Datou: "Don't talk, follow us to see the imperial physician."

However, Song Xiang returned to the Censorate and was about to catch up with a group of colleagues to go to court and ordered the public officials to call all the people to the official hall of Sun Zude in Zhijianyuan. He went outside the official hall first, and saw that Sun Zude had not returned yet, so he turned around and waited at the door.

Soon after a while, Sun Zude came back from court. He saw Song Xiang wandering around in front of his official hall like a headless ant. He kept rubbing his hands and asked, "Shi Jian, why are you here?"

When Song Xiang heard the voice, he looked up and saw Sun Zude. He stepped forward and grabbed it, and then pulled it into the official hall: "Civil Hall, something big happened in the capital today, and I happened to catch up with it. It was our business, let's go in and talk!"

Sun Zude was confused and followed Song Xiang into the official hall.

Before he could sit down, Song Xiang asked, "Chenyuan, what do you think of Taiwei Yang, who is the Imperial City Department?"

Sun Zude said: "Following the face of Empress Dowager Yang, the emperor gave him an errand in the Imperial City Department, but he was just greedy for the salary."

"Haha, he was in trouble today. I saw him right away. I was afraid he had no salary to receive!"

Taizong and Zhenzong liked to arrange their confidants to control important military forces because they distrust others and only those who have always been by their side can trust them. Zhao Zhen was not like this. He often appointed foreign relatives as senior military officers because the salary of these positions is high, and he was to benefit the people and relatives around him.

At the same rank, the salary of military officers is generally higher than that of civil servants. In the case of the three yamen, the three highest-ranking generals, the Palace Front Office and the Guards' personal army, the commander of the Infantry Department, have always led the military governors, and their salary is higher than that of the prime minister, and the deputy commander is also higher than that of the ruler.

Because Yang Jingzong was too unprosperous, he made countless mistakes in his years as an official and was often demoted, so he could only go to the Imperial City Division. For example, Li Yonghe, if there was no artificial insemination technology, Zhao Zhen asked him to go to the Qunmusi Department to plaster the gilding system. He originally wanted to arrange to enter the Palace Front Office to be a general in charge of the military. Not to mention whether the power or not, the money he got was real money.

So when Song Xiang talked about Yang Jingzong's bad luck, he did not mean that he was demoted, but reduced his salary, which was the most deadly thing for him.

Li Zi returned to the Privy Council and saw Wang Deyong, who was on duty, sitting there drinking tea. He said hello, and then sat aside silently thinking about his thoughts and waiting for the other people to come back.

Wang Deyong was a military general. He could hide from major affairs in the court and basically did not participate in it, and no one else discussed it with him.

In this situation, Wang Deyong's identity as a military general was one aspect, and his origin was another aspect. Wang Deyong's father Wang Chao was with him when Taizong was in the residence, and was reused. After Taizong ascended the throne, Wang Chao became his confidant general and often led troops to fight. But the problem was that Wang Chao had almost never won a victory, and he was defeated in every battle, and was promoted one after another. Wang Jizhong was captured by the Khitan, so Wang Chao retreated without rescue. Later, when Zhenzong ascended the throne, Taizong appointed Wang Chao as the commander-in-chief in front of the palace to stabilize the situation, thus he also had the merits of Zhenzong and preserved wealth.

Wang Chao was one of the representatives of Taizong's emphasis on using cowardly and incompetent generals after Taizong. Although Wang Deyong was cautious, he had no military achievements. He was promoted purely by his father's honor and qualifications, and it was inevitable that he would be excluded.

Wang Deyong knew his own affairs. When he saw Li Zi coming back from Xuping Village early, he did not tell him the reason, so he didn't ask, just sat there and drank tea quietly.

After waiting for a while, Zhang Shixun came back with several other Privy Councilors. Only Han Yi, the newcomer, still went to the Censorate to take the matter temporarily because Du Yan had not arrived in the capital.

After everyone saw the etiquette, Zhang Shixun asked Li Zi: "Don't you have to stay in Zhongmu for more than one day, why do you come back early?"

Li Zi sighed: "There is a military officer in Mount Wutai. I accidentally discovered that the envoy Dangxiang drew a map of mountains and rivers. It was obviously a detailed work sent by Zhao Yuanhao. This matter is not small, so I had to come back first."

Zhang Shixun was surprised: "How could such a thing happen? Today, in the palace, the officials mentioned that Zhao Yuanhao was unjust, and I was still protecting him in front of the saint, so Dangxiang would never rebel!"
Chapter completed!