Emperor Renzong of the Great Song Dynasty

"Official?"

Bao Zheng and Di Qing looked at each other, and they both saw the intertwined expressions of "So it is" and "So it is" in each other's eyes.

Currently, Zhan Zhao is still following Bao Zheng as a friend in name, without a formal official status, even if he risked his life to protect Bao Zheng, he would not get any benefit.

Although Zhan Zhao doesn't care about good or bad, Bao Zheng, as his friend, has to think about him.

If the emperor can really grant him an official position, let him get a salary and have a place to hide, it may not be a good thing.

Zhan Zhao hugged Ju Que tightly in his arms: "Oh, to be an official? What kind of official do the officials want me to be?"

The eunuch waved his hand: "I don't know about that. Eunuch Liu didn't tell me. In short, it's okay not to be a petty official."

Zhan Zhao asked, "Why can't you be a petty official?"

The eunuch said with a smile: "If you are a junior official of the seventh or eighth rank, how can you be worthy of being sealed by the official family?"

Although the carriage was simple, it ran fast, and arrived at the gate of the palace in less than an hour.

The eunuch led them out of the car, walked towards the palace gate in small steps, and went straight to the meeting hall.

"Let's go quickly," said the eunuch, "The officials are waiting impatiently."

When Bao Zheng and the others heard the words, they immediately accelerated their speed, and within a moment they arrived in front of the meeting hall.

Zhao Yiyi is discussing with Fan Zhongyan about the dragon boat race - before and after the Dragon Boat Festival, dragon boat races will be held on Bianshui every year.In order to have fun with the people, he, the emperor, should also participate.

And this year's situation is slightly better, with good weather and good harvest.The days are about to get better, so of course there are some celebrations to celebrate.

The current proposal is that the Inner Palace will build a brand new and luxurious dragon boat, which will carry the emperor and empress dowagers to the Bian River on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, and return to the palace after a circle.But Zhao Yiyi felt sorry for the money for this dragon boat, and wondered if he could refurbish the dragon boats from the previous Dragon Boat Festival and continue to use them.

But during the festival, auspicious weather is important, and using second-hand goods seems a bit unlucky, so the idea is not yet decided.

Seeing Bao Zheng coming, Zhao Yiyi put down the official document in his hand and said with a smile, "It's been a long time! Master Bao."

Half a year passed.Bao Zheng finally returned to Bianliang.

When Bao Zheng came back, it was time for a change.

Just as Bao Zheng was about to salute, Zhao Yiyi said: "Not busy. The official document you sent back a few days ago said that you have gained a lot in the north, so quickly submit it for me to have a look."

"Yes."

Bao Zheng took out a two-finger-thick book from his sleeve, and handed it to the eunuch at the side.

Zhao Yiyi took the brochure, weighed it in secret, and thought, what a rewarding harvest.

It seems that the northern officialdom will usher in another wave of purges after being decimated by Pang Ji.

Of course, the southern officialdom will follow suit.

He opened the booklet and glanced at it roughly.

The booklet was big and thick, and even just browsing through it took a lot of time.

All the people in the hall held their breath and waited for the emperor to speak.

Zhao Yiyi finished flipping through the brochure, and said with a smile: "Bao Qing, most of the characters in your brochure have sent memorials to Beijing in advance, explaining how innocent they are, and how ulterior motives and intentions you have. It's not good, and they will be charged with crimes."

This is true.One month after Bao Zheng left Bianliang, there was a steady stream of memorials from various counties and counties floating like snowflakes, tearfully expressing that the imperial censor who left Beijing had done nothing for nothing and wronged them very bitterly.I implore the officials to watch and listen clearly, and don't be provoked by such villains to provoke a good relationship between monarch and minister.

Zhao Yiyi was so busy every day that he wished to give birth to eight hands out of thin air, how could he have time to pay attention to these memorials of Che Gulu's talk, naturally all of them were left to Liu En to handle.After Liu En had a rough look at the memorial, he filled it all into the paper furnace - anyway, his system AI has a photographic memory, and there is no need for this kind of absurd memorial to exist in the world.

Bao Zheng said: "The crimes stated by the minister are all well-documented. There are all witnesses and material evidences, and there is absolutely no falsehood!"

Zhao Yiyi said: "I believe in you. Although your personality is a bit cold and hard, there is absolutely no reason to invent charges for others out of thin air."

Bao Zheng sighed.

"However..." Zhao Yiyi said again: "I can trust you like this, but if you want to win the trust of people in the world, you need real evidence. Where are your physical evidence now? Is it safe?"

Take the thief and take the dirty.Zhao Yiyi asked himself that the thousand-year-old foxes in the officialdom now have some tricks on them, and they are the best at destroying corpses and destroying traces.

When the time comes, destroy the evidence and see what you can do with me.

Bao Zheng said: "All the physical evidence has been brought back to Bianliang with the ship. Now it should be in..."

He turned his head to look at Di Qing.

Di Qing hurriedly said: "I should have been brought back to the new army camp by Bai Yutang, the minister's subordinate. The camp is heavily guarded, and there is no possibility of any accident."

Zhao Yiyi smiled and said, "Senior Xia, a high-ranking student, didn't he cause you any trouble along the way?"

Di Qing secretly thought, this trouble will be serious.I don't know what kind of medicine he took wrongly, and he troubled Zhan Zhao all day long.

But he said in his mouth: "Bai Yutang is heroic, courageous, and thoughtful. Thanks to him along the way, I didn't miss many clues."

Aside from the trouble of finding Zhan Zhao on time every day, Bai Yutang's job is pretty good.

Di Qing also didn't know how Bai Yutang was "impulsive and irritable" and "mindful".But along the way, he indeed discovered many clues that others failed to discover, and he also tracked down many hidden truths.

But Yutang's method is indeed too cruel...

Di Qing frowned slightly when he thought of Bai Yutang cutting off the fingers and belt bones of the big housekeeper who knew each state without blinking an inch just to force a confession.

He has been on the battlefield, and the broken limbs, mutilated flesh and blood on the battlefield are countless times crueler than Bai Yutang's small fights, but what shocked him the most was that Bai Yutang was only less than 15 years old. At the age of [-], he has been carefully cared for by his family and teachers since he was a child. Even if he has worshiped a famous teacher and learned martial arts, he never dared to let him go alone in the bloody arena.

But he has developed such a vicious temper on his own, which really makes people... a little worried.

Zhao Yiyi said: "It's good if you don't cause trouble. In the past six months since you left, Senior Xia has been talking about him day and night. If it weren't for you acting in secret and not revealing your whereabouts, I would almost have asked him to find you by himself."

In the past six months, Xia Yuqi was talking about his apprentice while improving the steam self-propelled boat. When Zhao Yiyi was inspecting the shipyard, he was forced to listen to his apprenticeship, thinking that he would never dare to send this young man out of the capital again, just you Such chanting, the dead will also be chanted alive.

Zhao Yiyi said: "The physical evidence is in the camp, it is very safe, what about the personal evidence?"

Bao Zheng said: "For those who have little relationship, we just asked them to write a statement and draw a charge. Those with serious relationship were also brought back to the capital."

Zhao Yiyi nodded: "That's good. You must protect these witnesses and evidence. If something goes wrong, the evidence will be destroyed—"

He made a gesture: "Then I really won't be able to step down."

Di Qing hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the officials. After returning to the camp today, I will strengthen my guard. Not even a single fly can make them fly into the camp."

Zhao Yiyi said: "How can we guard against the treacherous and light skills of the Jianghu people?"

Di Qing hesitated: "With Yutang here, there should be no problem."

Just as only magic can defeat magic, the only way to deal with the knight-errants who are highly skilled in martial arts and who come and go without a trace is the only way to guard against them.

Zhao Yiyi squeezed the center of his eyebrows: "He is still young, can he do it alone?"

Zhan Zhao clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, the officials, Caomin has been in the camp these days to assist Master Di in protecting the evidence."

Zhao Yiyi hurriedly raised his hand: "Don't. You can't make fun of Mr. Bao's life."

Don't look back, Zhan Zhao protects the evidence so tightly that Bao Zheng's house is stolen.This is ridiculous.

He wrote a note and handed it to Liu En. Liu En stretched out his hand and pushed it flat, and the note glided slowly into Bao Zheng's hand.

Zhan Zhao looked at Liu En in amazement, thinking that he hadn't seen him for half a year, how could this Eunuch Liu's kung fu have improved again.

Zhao Yiyi said: "Bao Qing, you send this note to Lord Lai Guogong of Qingbei University, and tell him the truth, and he will naturally help you."

Bao Zheng looked down at the note, only to see the word "Ouyang" written on it.

Zhan Zhao blurted out, "Ouyang Chun?"

Zhao Yiyi nodded: "Yes, even him. After Lai Guogong resigned, he is still around, and now he should be idle at Qingbei University."

Although Kou Zhun has made many enemies, after all, he has resigned from office, and he will no longer interfere with anyone's business or block anyone's way, and he has the title of Duke on his body, so idlers won't bother Try hard to kill him.

Therefore, Ouyang Chun has probably already retired in advance, and Zhao Yiyi asked him for a favor at this time, and Kou Zhun would not refuse.

After hearing the word Ouyang Chun, Di Qing's complexion suddenly became strange, turning green and red for a while, and finally settled on a purple hue.

Zhao benefited puzzled: "What's wrong with you? Is there anything wrong with this person?"

He thought that Di Qing was a disciple who had betrayed Kou Zhun, and Ouyang Chun was Kou Zhun's confidant, fearing that the two of them would have some quarrel, he hurriedly said: "If you two don't agree, you don't have to force it, we just find someone else."

Di Qing shook his head: "It's not me. Although Ouyang Yishi is jealous of evil, he knows how to measure it. We have never had any enemies."

Zhao Yiyi wondered: "Then why are you so colorful?"

Di Qing smiled wryly and said: "It's Yutang... Yutang studied at Qingbei University before, and heard that Beixia Ouyangchun's martial arts is the best in the world. He was not convinced, so he wanted to compete with him. Beixia didn't agree at the beginning, and he was so entangled by him that he couldn't help it. , reluctantly agreed to compare. How old is Yutang? How can he compare to the martial arts that Bei Xia has practiced for many years? He lost without a single move. He used to be too arrogant when pestering others. After losing, he felt ashamed and returned to He was about to commit suicide in the room. Fortunately, Beixia followed him secretly and rescued him, so this did not lead to tragedy. This..."

Zhao Yiyi raised his forehead: "I know, Bai Yutang is not suitable to work with Beixia. So, during this period of time, Zhan Yishi will first go to the camp to guard the evidence with Beixia, and Bai Yutang will go to Bao Qing's house to protect Bao Qing's safety. We must support this Dragon Boat Festival. After the Dragon Boat Festival, we will have a big event.”

Zhan Zhao asked, "What's the big deal?"

Zhao Yiyi said: "Master Zhan Yi, do you want to be a majestic fourth-rank imperial guard with a sword?"