That night, Li Ling, who had already let go of his worries, slept quite sweetly until dawn, and he woke up before he woke up. Then, as usual, he went out when he approached Chenpai and rushed to the yamen.

But as soon as he left his alley and came to Fangnei Street, Li Ling, who was sitting in the car, saw a very different scene from the previous one from the open window.

On the streets that should have been a little messy and busy, there are not many pedestrians at this moment. Many people are hiding at the entrances of alleys and whispering something. On the wide streets, teams of imperial guards holding spears, halberds, swords, and armor-piercing.

These soldiers and generals looked solemn, as if they were facing a great enemy. The solemn air came out, so naturally they were so scared that ordinary people did not dare to approach at will. However, they did not really make any moves of interrogating people, as if they were just to shock the little ones and sanction the neighbors.

After seeing Lord Li in official uniform, Li Ling himself did not ask about Li Ling's car. However, Li Ling himself became curious and couldn't help but say to Li Moyun who was driving: "Did you hear anything outside last night?"

Li Moyun shook his head blankly: "No, it was quite quiet all night."

"That's a bit strange..." Li Ling murmured, and did not ask much. But along the way, many imperial soldiers and generals could be seen patrolling the streets along the way, whether on the more important imperial roads, which was enough for anyone to see that there was a storm in Luoyang City this time.

Arriving at the Ministry of Revenue on time, Li Ling quickly calmed down his curiosity. After all, no matter how big the matter is, it has nothing to do with him. Now he has more important things to deal with. According to what the Minister of the Bian said the day before yesterday, the errand will be in his hands today, and he will be busy next time.

However, at least Li Ling did not see Bian Xuedao sending someone to call him over all morning. After inquiring, he found out that there was a court meeting today, and Bian Shigong did not come to the yamen. Not only him, but even a few slightly lower-level doctors went to the palace early in the morning, so the atmosphere in the Ministry of Revenue today is much more relaxed than usual.

This was even more obvious at noon. The small officials in the canteen gathered together, all whispering something. Li Ling, who came in late, seemed to be no different from the people in the city.

The welfare of officials in the Dayue Dynasty is quite good. Not only is the salary of officials of the sixth and seventh ranks enough to support the family of four or five, but there is also an official subsidy during festivals, and there is also a free lunch to enjoy in the canteen of the yamen.

This lunch is much better than ordinary people's meals. In addition to choosing rice, flour, etc., and having a complete range of vegetables and meat, you can even get a small bottle of wine that tastes good. This makes many officials in the family sometimes choose to come to the yamen when they are hungry in the morning and don't have a full meal until noon, so that they can eat less when they go home at night.

As for drinking, because there is still official business in the afternoon, everyone usually doesn't order it. However, since the bosses are not in the yamen today, a few good wines can't help it. They each ordered a small pot to drink together in the corner. After drinking two sips of wine, they became a little interested and began to talk about the latest news today.

"You can see it too. There are many soldiers and horses on the streets of Beijing today. Do you know why?" This man obviously had no alcohol tolerance. After two glasses, he was already blushing and his voice was a little uncontrollable, so that Li Ling, who was not far away, could easily hear it.

The colleague opposite him smiled: "I heard that something happened in the capital last night, and a general took the thief..."

"Well, you have heard rumors. Think about it carefully, how could you get a thief last night? It's still like you're facing a great enemy at dawn today? I really saw something last night..."

"But what is it?" someone next to him asked curiously.

"My family lives in North City, only two streets away from the garrison yamen. Last night, I heard the constant movement of teams passing by my house. I was curious and couldn't help but get up to see what happened, so I climbed up the ladder and looked out. Guess what I saw?"

"But what is it? Tell me quickly!" Everyone was thrust by him and quickly urged.

"But there were a few five or six hundred people who surrounded the North City Guardian Mansion. Hundreds of torches were lit at the same time, illuminating half of the nearby yards as daytime. Then the soldiers who were supposed to be on duty in front of the gate were also seized and escorted aside. Another general went straight into the garrison. In a short while, more than ten military generals were tied up..."

"What happened?" Everyone changed their color, and some people showed doubts, but they were a little disbelief.

At this time, an official on the other side also echoed, "I saw it too. Although it was farther away, the noise was really big last night, but it scared us very much."

When I heard someone testify, everyone believed it. After drinking another glass of wine, the person who said in detail said, "This is not scary, what surprised me even more is that when the soldiers and horses took the people away, they beat the long street in front of my house, and I saw one of them seemed to be General Guan Shou, the garrison of the North City..."

As soon as these words were spoken, many of the people present let out a soft cry. Guan Shou was also a figure in Luoyang. Not only did he make many military achievements in northern Xinjiang a few years ago, but he was later valued by the emperor and was awarded the important position. However, he suddenly committed a crime and was taken down this time. The ups and downs of the officialdom were really shocking.

When everyone sighed, Li Ling also lowered his eyes and had already guessed the whole story in his heart: "Isn't Guan Shou the guard of the North Gate who helped cover up the offense for Liu Runsheng and the others that day? I just told His Majesty about this matter yesterday, and he was taken down in the evening. The two must be related."

After thinking about this, Li Ling had further guesses in his mind: "If this is true, I am afraid that the Ministry of Justice will be implicated, and even Liu Runsheng himself will not have a good life. I really didn't expect that the emperor would have such a strong reaction. When I reported this matter yesterday, he didn't care much..."

Thinking of this, he heard another colleague on the side speak: "What is this matter in North City? If you want to deal with it, you have to look at our outer city of East City. Just after the third update last night, soldiers suddenly surrounded our more than ten inns, drove out all the residents in it, and then found a large number of swords, weapons, bows and crossbows from the luggage of many of them..."

"This is a rebellion, Lao Zhang, don't talk nonsense..."

"How dare I say such a big thing? I saw this in the crack of my house. One of the inns was facing the alley at the entrance of my house. Good guy, there were hundreds of people around the door, and there were twenty or thirty crossbows facing the door. I saw it and was really afraid that I would kill the general."

Lao Zhang was also worried: "At that time, the two sides confronted each other for a while and shouted a few words. Fortunately, the guys in the inn did not dare to do anything randomly, so nothing big happened. But for this reason, both inside and outside of our Dongcheng, and by dawn, there will be a large number of imperial guards patrolling the various yards to prevent any mistakes."

In the amazement of everyone, the man also drank a sip of wine and revealed a bigger secret: "I also asked the people in the inn, and the guys there said that these guys who were searched late at night were actually our Dayue official army. However, they were not the imperial guards in our capital, but the troops from Jiangnan, who came to Luoyang with their governors."

"This is not right. I heard that these guards are not allowed to enter the capital. They must stay in the barracks outside the city and be guarded by the imperial guards nearby."

"Who said no? But if someone can't resist, someone will refuse to act. In this way, the governor of Jiangnan will be charged with a great crime."

Once this big man might suffer, many officials with low identities became more and more excited and participated in this topic. However, Li Ling only focused on eating, but he knew it in his heart: "I'm afraid that the governor of Jiangnan Liu Runsheng has been taken down at this moment. This time the court brought them a sudden attack without leaving any room at all. This really helped me solve a big problem."

Then, the strange feeling that happened when he was in front of the emperor yesterday became clearer: "It is said that the emperor is very protective of King Yong, and it seems that he is very interested in helping him as the crown prince. Even if he makes mistakes in his daily life, he will not punish him. But today, it seems that this is not the case at all.

"The Northern Gate Guard Guan Shou is his man, and Liu Runsheng has been taken to the sect by him this time. In addition, if the emperor really attacks everyone because of this incident, I am afraid that his attitude towards King Yong will not be that true. But the emperor is very wary of the prince and dissatisfied with the prince. What is going on?"

"Actually, I have to say, what does these big men have to do with us? Let's eat our own meals well and do our own bad luck. If anything else, let the ministers and the others go to work hard..." One person smiled and said this, his expression suddenly froze and he quickly shut up.

As his eyes swept away, everyone saw a serious blue-robed official standing in front of the open canteen. It was Lu You, the Qing official who was afraid of many low-level officials. At this time, Lu Yuanwai was cold and swept across everyone. Seeing that everyone finally calmed down, he snorted: "You are all officials of the court. Don't learn from those ignorant villains and do the things of the lingering wife. What's really wrong in Luoyang City? Your Majesty and all the adults will decide. You just need to do your duty!"

With the crowd of people only saying that he looked at Li Ling, who was still eating leisurely: "Li Wenzhong..."

"The official is here." Li Ling hurriedly put down his chopsticks and stood up to respond.

"After dinner, I will go to see the minister of the border, and I will hand you an errand."
Chapter completed!