Emperor Renzong of the Great Song Dynasty

Hearing that Bao Zheng wanted to ask Han Zhang to enter the palace with him, Bai Yutang's pupils shrank suddenly, and he lifted the corner of his robe and knelt in front of Bao Zheng: "My lord, one person should do things and the other should be responsible. I am to blame for what happened tonight. Don't do it to Brother Zhang." things."

When he heard that Bao Zheng was going to bring Han Zhang before the emperor, he thought it was Bao Zheng who was angry at the unprovoked collapse of his courtyard wall and wanted to bring Han Zhang to the imperial court, asking the emperor to give him justice.

It's just that Mr. Bao also caught the wrong person!He was the one who threw the fierce thunderbolt, if he wanted to kill him, it would be fine if he came at him alone!

Bai Jintang almost sighed, how could he have such a single-minded brother because he was smart all his life.

Master Bao, as an official of the imperial court, is it not a matter of raising his hand to crush Han Zhang, a grassroots man?Is it worth running to find the emperor to support him in the middle of the night?

There must be something more important, which made Bao Zheng, who has always been serious and upright, want to enter the palace at night and meet the emperor, and can't wait for a moment.

As for what matter is so important—it is not such a trivial matter as his brother blowing up the courtyard wall.

Sure enough, Bao Zheng looked at Bai Yutang suspiciously, as if he didn't understand why he would kneel at his feet: "Young Xia Bai, please get up quickly! What is this for?"

Bai Jintang pulled his younger brother up before he could say something even more stupid: "Okay, Yutang! Master Bao is about to enter the palace, what are you doing here as his guard, hurry up and clean up your appearance, look How did you get into the palace and face sanctity, you ashamed man?"

Bai Yutang is not an ignorant person, he just got confused just because he was concerned about it for a while, so he came to such absurd conclusions as "Lord Bao wants to go to the palace overnight to sue the emperor". Da Da ran back to Bai Jintang's room to get his own knife, and then ran back to Bao Zheng's side: "My lord, let's go."

Bao Zheng held the bag and slammed the fire: "Uh, Han Zhuangshi, this..."

He intentionally brought these things into the palace to show the emperor, but he thought of Han Zhang saying just now that "fire and thunder will explode on impact", and he was a little worried that it would be unsafe to hold them.

After all, he is not a person from the Jianghu, and he is not as superb in martial arts as them.

Bai Yutang hurriedly took the bag over, putting his hands in his sleeves: "I'll keep it for your lord."

Bao Zheng nodded: "Very good. Then Young Master Bai and Zhuangshi Han will follow me out. Mr. Bai and Zhuangshi Xu, please rest first."

Bai Jintang bowed deeply: "Student understands."

The imperial palace is different from ordinary people's mansions, as long as the owner is willing, he can open the door to welcome guests at any time.

In the evening, the key to the palace gate was locked, and the gate could not be opened unless there was an urgent matter.Zhao Yiyi has been the emperor for several years, and the only time he opened the palace gate at night was when the flood occurred two years ago, he went out of the palace at night to inspect the river.

But he is not a person who sticks to the rules.The palace gate is closed, so it doesn't prevent him from going in and out of the palace, anyway, he has such a big weapon as Liu En.No matter how high the palace wall is, it can be jumped over.

In order to prevent the emperor from being found in an emergency in the middle of the night, he also specially set up several 24-hour contact points in Bianliang City, stationed by confidant eunuchs trained by Liu En.After the palace gate is locked, if his close officials have any urgent matters to ask him, they can enter the palace through the contact point.

Bao Zheng went to one of these contact points this time.

Their carriage stopped outside a small alley, Bai Yutang got out of the carriage, followed by Han Zhang, and finally Bao Zheng.

As soon as Bao Zheng showed up, a eunuch in common clothes came out from the contact point: "Is this Mr. Bao?"

Bao Zheng nodded: "It's my official."

The man waved: "Come with me."

The contact point is located in a small courtyard at the end of the alley. It was already late at night, but the lights were still flickering.

The commoner eunuch asked them, "What is it?"

Bao Zheng said: "A hidden weapon with great power has appeared in the rivers and lakes, and it needs to be handed over to the officials as soon as possible."

The eunuch picked up a pen and scribbled a few words on a booklet: "How many people enter the palace?"

Bao Zheng said: "I, and Han Zhang, a knight-errant who made this thing."

The eunuch raised his eyelids: "Will that Young Hero Bai not follow?"

Bao Zheng hurriedly said: "He..."

He wanted to say that Bai Yutang was his bodyguard, and he couldn't bring bodyguards into the palace.

When Zhan Zhao was by his side before, he was never able to take him with him when he entered the palace to meet the saint.

But the eunuch said: "Tell him to go. It's really uncomfortable to ask someone to guard our place in the middle of the night. There is no tea or snacks. Don't Master Bao also need Bai Shaoxia's guard when he returns to the mansion?"

Bao Zheng said: "So, thank you, Eunuch."

But Bai Yutang thought to himself, it's really strange that the eunuch looked so meticulous, yet he was so reasonable.

He didn't know why Bao Zheng brought Han Zhang into the palace, and he was very curious.It would be hard to tell him to wait here ignorantly.

It would of course be the best if he was asked to enter the palace together so that he could know immediately what happened.

The eunuch was not as considerate as he imagined.

He made it easy for Bai Yutang, it was just a little effort to sell him off.

Although there is no reason for officials to carry guards with them, we all have to enter the palace in the middle of the night to wake the emperor up from the dragon tower, so there is no need to care about such trivial etiquette.

This young hero Bai is a well-known figure in their circle.Without him, his master Xia Yuqi, Senior Xia's status is detached, even the officials are polite to him, how can they be ten times disrespectful as eunuchs?In addition, as a capable officer beside Eunuch Liu, he was sent to work outside the palace, so he had a deep understanding of Xia Yuqi's importance.

This old Xia, must... Take care of him.

His darling close disciple, it will take a lot of effort to win over.

In short, it is necessary to let the master and apprentice have a sense of belonging and dependence on the palace and the court.

It is absolutely unacceptable to leave someone at the contact point in the middle of the night and wait for Master Bao to return from the palace.

Bao Zheng said: "I don't know how we can enter the palace?"

The eunuch said: "Well, let's fly over."

fly?

The eunuch opened the window and pointed at the eaves of the palace city from a distance: "This is not too far from the palace, a second-rate master of the rivers and lakes is enough to lead a person to fly over the eaves and walls without disturbing anyone."

He took a look at Bai Yutang, and complimented him: "It's even more as good as Young Hero Bai's lightness kung fu. How about this strong man Han?"

Han Zhang hurriedly said: "Yes, uh... I can go there by myself."

The eunuch reassuredly said, "Lord Bao has many talented people around him, which is convenient. If there is no master of martial arts by his side, we have to send someone to fly over with us. However, when flying over, we must remember to bring this thing with us."

He took out two brocade belts that were shining in the moonlight from the side of the table: "Tie it around your waist, otherwise you will be shot into a sieve by the guards on the palace wall with a crossbow."

When Bai Yutang and Han Zhang tied the ribbons around their waists and flew up the palace wall, they were not embarrassed by the guards. They were only asked a few routine questions, and then they were let go. How to go in the direction of the palace.

Han Zhang couldn't help but said: "This is ridiculous. The palace officials came in so easily. If an assassin stole the ribbon, pretended to be a courtier, and sneaked into the palace to assassinate officials, what should I do?"

Bai Yutang thought to himself, there is no need to worry, the emperor has an eunuch with unfathomable martial arts to protect him, even if ten or eight assassins with martial arts like Ouyang Chun's sneak in, they probably can't do anything to him.

It was almost midnight at this time, and the lights in Yuchen Palace were still brightly lit.

Zhao Yiyi was hugging the drowsy Zhao Xu to read the memorial - the baby had recently sprained his feet, so he couldn't go out to play wildly during the day, but at night he was full of energy, and refused to go to bed obediently.Zhao Yiyi had no choice but to approve official documents while hugging her, trying to scare her into a fast sleep with the help of copywriting.

Now it seemed that this strategy was very successful. After watching him approve the official document for about half an hour, Zhao Xu was already showing signs of fatigue and was about to fall asleep.As long as you persist for a while, victory is in sight...

"Officials, Mr. Bao, please see me."

Liu En said softly.

Zhao Yiyi raised his voice and looked at him: "Bao Zheng? Why did he come to me in the middle of the night? Ask him to come in."

Liu En went out, and Zhao Yiyi gently put Zhao Xu aside.

When I meet Bao Zheng later, I will definitely talk, if I wake up this ancestor, it will not be worth the loss.

"Father... Dad..."

Zhao Xu was half asleep and half awake, tugging at his hand vaguely.

Zhao Yiyi gently pulled out his hand, and stuffed a white jade lion paperweight for her.

She hugged the paperweight and fell into a deep sleep.

The study was occupied by Zhao Xu, and Zhao Yiyi met Bao Zheng and his party in the side hall.

Seeing that Bao Zheng did not come alone, but brought Bai Yutang and a stranger from Jiang Hu, Zhao Yiyi smiled and said: "Why, Bao Qing, what happened, and you came to me in such a hurry?"

Bao Zheng said solemnly: "Officials, please allow me to introduce you. This is Han Zhang, Han Zhuang."

Zhao Yiyi nodded: "Jiu Yang."

This is not a polite remark.Han Zhang, Bai Yutang's second elder brother, was coerced by him and Jiang Ping to dig coal in Shanxi a while ago.

Bao Zheng said: "Han Zhuangshi made a hidden weapon called Meng Huo Lei. This hidden weapon is extremely powerful. It has the ability to move mountains and seas."

Zhao Yiyi said: "Is there a finished product? Show me."

He looked at Han Zhang thoughtfully.

Fierce Fire Thunder, as the name suggests, is a hidden weapon that is stronger than fire.

Isn't that □□...

I don't know if the so-called fiery thunder created by this strong man Han Zhang has the power of the Nobel Prize in his previous life.

Bai Yutang took out a cloth bag from his sleeve: "The finished product is here."

Zhao Yiyi motioned to Liu En: "Go, take it to a distant place and try it."

Liu En took the bag and suddenly disappeared.After a stick of incense, he came back, returned the bag to Bai Yutang, and said to Zhao Yiyi: "Master Bao's words are true, you can only move mountains and seas."