After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

The big thing is settled, Chang'an is restored. Emperor Wei sent Lu Zheng to return to Chang'an with the imperial edict, and issued an edict to Li Xiujing and Xu Mian to go to Xianyang with their generals to meet him. At the same time, Pei Jiaoran, as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was ordered to inspect the Vice Minister of the Zhongshu School, assist Jing Zhaoyin in capturing puppet officials and traitorous generals, and convict them according to law.

After listening to the edict read out by the eunuch with a calm face, Pei Jiaoran raised her head and looked at the eunuch who was complimenting her. A smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and he reached out to take the edict.

"Little Mr. Pei, I would like to congratulate you first." The chamberlain said with a smile and cupped his hands.

Pei Jiaoran raised her lips, "You're welcome, Officer Wu. Please go down and rest first." After that, she looked at Lu Zheng again, "General Lu, please go and rest too."

After someone led the two of them down to rest, Pei Jiaoran turned to look at Li Xiujing beside him and took a deep breath.

"Don't worry about me. This result is still within my expectation." Pei Jiaoran looked as usual, "Anyway, I am satisfied with this assistant secretary of the school."

Now that the position of Zhongshu Ling is vacant, it means that the imperial power has also lost some constraints from the Prime Minister. As long as this position is vacant, it will become a hot spot for competition among all parties. Judging from the current situation, the two ministers of Zhongshu were determined to get the position of Zhongshu Ling, and the prince also intended to put his own people in. She, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, just stepped in with the word "inspection and proofreading", which would probably attract the attention of all parties.

The most terrible thing is that Emperor Wei seemed to deliberately put her at the forefront of the storm. But what happened was that he was given a school inspection, just like the inspector of the same state who was given to the school that day. All are temporary and uncertain.

I have to say that Emperor Wei's move was damaging enough. Most of the powers of the school inspector cannot interfere directly or too deeply in provincial affairs, but she was asked to assist Jing Zhaoyin in catching officials of the puppet dynasty. Some of the officials stranded in Chang'an were forced to switch sides due to the situation. Most of these people are from aristocratic families, and regardless of whether they have certain influence in the court, they are somewhat involved with each other. To these people, her word "check-in" is correct. As long as she makes no mistakes, tomorrow will be an important experience for becoming the master of Taiwan Province.

Going deeper, if she cannot extricate herself, the officials and traitors of the puppet government will carry out a reasonable treatment. Not only will one's personal political ability be questioned, but it will also be a great help in attracting talents in the future. After all, submitting papers is a common trend nowadays, and many scholars who go to Beijing for reference are obliged to submit papers. Therefore, the political reputation of the candidate is also very important.

"The word "inspection" is not worthy of you." Li Xiujing walked to Pei Jiaoran's side and said.

Hearing this, Pei Jiaoran didn't answer.

More than just being unworthy? This was purely because Emperor Wei deliberately used her as a pawn to deal with those fake officials and rebellious generals, and wanted her to be regarded as this evil person.

She thought Emperor Wei had noticed that she was behind Yan Lingyao and Qin Huaiyi's rebellion. But he still wanted to use her, so he pushed her to this position as a punishment.

"This may not be a good thing for me." Pei Jiaoran smiled. "With this name, I can let those ladies from the same state become my staff. I can also help them during the imperial examination next year. .”

She had always wanted to invite those ladies. But after all, he is just the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and has no official position, so he is somewhat unfair in recruiting customers. Now, the assistant secretary of the school inspection committee gave her an extra reason to recruit her own customers.

His eyes fell on Pei Jiaoran, and Li Xiujing said no more. Instead, he held her in his arms. He could feel that she was still somewhat concerned about this matter. But since she didn't want him to see her dissatisfaction, he wouldn't ask.

"I won't send you off tomorrow." Pei Jiaoran lowered his head and glanced at the hands on his waist, his palms covering them, "I have to find the new Jing Zhaoyin. Discuss with him how to convict him. .”

Pei Jiaoran's voice was both clear and authoritative, and her elusive attitude seemed to be hidden in it.

"Okay." Li Xiujing said.

The next day. The Shence Army and the Jinwu Guards, welcomed by the people of Chang'an, went out from the Jinguang Gate to Xianyang to welcome the Holy Emperor.

Compared to the bustle on Zhuque Street. In front of the Jingzhao Mansion, there was chaos and many people gathered. And many of them are the family members of puppet officials and rebel generals. Today's Jingzhao Yin Zhang Yun was temporarily appointed by Li Xiujing. When he saw Pei Jiaoran coming, he stood up to greet him.

"Expulse them and then close the door of the house. What do you mean when a bunch of people gather at Jing Zhaoyin's door?" Pei Jiaoran said coldly, rolling his sleeves.

Hearing this, Zhang Yun said hurriedly: "Here. I will send someone to drive them back."

After giving instructions to Zhang Yun, Pei Jiaoran turned around and entered the main hall. When everyone in the room saw her coming in, they all stood up and bowed.

Looking at everyone, Pei Jiaoran smiled and said, "You don't have to be so polite. Everyone, please sit down."

After gathering his clothes and sitting down, Pei Jiaoran picked up the documents on the table. Thoughts came into his eyes. According to the law, those who conspire to rebel will be punished with death, but the death penalty must be reviewed five times in court before the final decision is made. Emperor Wei's purpose was clear: he did not want to see any more reconsideration memorials. And she had to convict these people before the royal chariot came back.

"Xiangong Pei, what you are holding is the list of criminals compiled by the official. They are all in Jingzhao Prison at the moment. You..."

"There's no rush." ​​Pei Jiaoran closed the directory, looked up at Zhang Yun and said warmly: "Everyone, please go back. Zhang Yun, please accompany me to Jingzhao Prison."

"Here."

Glancing at Zhang Yun, Pei Jiaoran chuckled, "Mr. Zhang, how about accompanying me to Jingzhao Prison?"

She asked two questions in succession, and Zhang Yun nodded in agreement. Arrange two assistants to lead the way.

"Is there any evidence that these people are collaborating with the enemy?" Pei Jiaoran asked suddenly as he was approaching Jingzhao Prison.

"Yes. I will send someone to get it?"

"Go in first. This matter is not urgent." Pei Jiaoran had a smile on his face, without any airs of being an official.

"I understand."

Zhang Yun originally felt that the job in his hands was thankless, and he was just thinking about how to deal with it so as not to offend others. The imperial court suddenly appointed Pei Jiaoran, and with her as a superior officer taking over the matter, he would naturally feel much more relaxed.

The two assistants walked quickly, and before they arrived, they had already informed the jailer guarding Jing Zhaoyin to wait at the door.

Entering the prison, a ray of skylight leaked in from both sides. Mottled light and shadow fall on the bluestone bricks under your feet. There is still a stale smell that hits my face.

The criminal officers being held in prison heard the footsteps and looked over one after another. A deep purple robe swam from the darkness to his eyes. His eyes moved upward and happened to hit a pair of beady eyes that were as dark as the middle of the night.

It's Pei Jiaoran. Someone has identified her.

His eyes passed over several people, and Pei Jiaoran turned to Zhang Yun and said, "Didn't Zhang Ling just say that there was evidence of their collaboration with the enemy?"

"Yes. Mr. Pei wants to see it now?" Zhang Yun asked in a low voice.

"Bring them over together." Pei Jiaoran smiled, "Since we want to discuss guilt, we must first look at the evidence."

After giving Pei Jiaoran a surprised look, Zhang Yun turned and left.

The first level of officialdom crushes people to death. He didn't know what Pei Shangshu wanted to do, so he could only do it.