Wang Dingyang carried Na Zhengang to the palace gate.

The guard guarding the palace gate felt a little helpless when he saw that the old marquis came with Zhen Gang again!

Can we choose a different place to fight? If we go to the palace every time to fight, we will really spend money on the emperor! No wonder the foremen in charge of the craftsmen prepare generous gifts to send to the Marquis's house every year and festival!

That’s what I thought, but I still had to respectfully come over, clasp my fists and shout: “Master Hou!”

Wang Dingyang did not hide anything: "I have important matters and need to go to the palace to meet the emperor."

"Yes!" The captain stretched out his hand and invited Mr. Hou to come in.

But Wang Dingyang didn't leave. He just took a step and stopped.

The captain couldn't help but wonder: "Master Hou?"

Wang Dingyang looked over, and suddenly several young women came over carrying a sedan!

These women should all be martial arts practitioners. Otherwise, how could several women carry the sedan chair?

The arrival of the big red sedan naturally aroused the guard captain's vigilance, but since the Marquis was there, he naturally had no right to speak, so he just looked at Wang Dingyang inquiringly.

The old Marquis did not speak, but waited for the sedan to arrive before clasping his fists: "I didn't expect you to personally intervene!"

The captain couldn't help but feel ashamed, who was in this sedan? Even the most powerful Marquis of Dajian was so respectful to him!

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard an arrogant voice from a woman in the sedan: "You can't catch Wan Shen Ji's sword, so why risk your own life for Zhao Su!?"

"..."

These words made the surrounding guards guarding the palace gates feel ashamed. Dare to say the name of the current emperor in public, this is a crime of disrespect!

But none of them dared to show their teeth at such a moment.

They knew that the former Qingzhou Divine Consciousness Jiang Wancheng was defeated by the woman in the red sedan chair, and was so miserable that he knelt down and begged for mercy!

What is trash fish?

In response to this, Wang Dingyang just said respectfully to the woman in the sedan: "I, the minister, must devote myself to death and die! Even if I have one breath, I, Wang Dingyang, will continue to guard this large-scale national gate!"

"..."

"Hey," the person in the sedan sighed: "If you ask me, you are called foolish and loyal, but you have merits! You are just a human being, stupid and greedy. If Zhao Su agreed to this, how could he summon Zhao Su?

Such a disaster is coming?"

"It's my fault!" Wang Dingyang actually took the matter on himself.

The people in the sedan said no more: "Let's go."

"Thank you!"

Seeing Wang Dingyang walking towards the palace, the guards guarding the palace gate did not dare to say anything more and hurriedly ordered people to let him go. They also sent people to lead the way and quickly sent the Marquis and the man known as the Imperial Advisor to see the emperor.

When they saw them walking away, everyone looked at the sky without blinking.

…

At this time, in front of the Daqing Palace, Zhao Su was still listening to Gongbao's story.

The more he listened, the angrier he became. He glared and said directly to the palace guard: "This Chen Zicheng is such a bastard. Even killing him would not be enough to anger the common people!"

"Yes," Master Gongbao responded expressionlessly, and then said, "He was able to do this because of the instructions of Prime Minister Ding, so he has been more restrained since last year, but Jiang Lu on the other side of Qingzhou has never been with him again.

connect!"

"Arrest first, arrest everyone who has anything to do with him! Let me interrogate him carefully!"

"yes!"

Zhao Su was furious and looked at the palace protector and asked: "Who else is involved in the mission?"

The palace guard took a furtive glance at Eunuch Li.

Eunuch Li was so frightened by that look that he fainted instantly!

Bontang…

Zhao Su frowned.

"Ahem,"

The maid came over and hurriedly checked on Eunuch Li: "Eunuch Li, Eunuch Li! Report to the Emperor, Eunuch Li has fainted!"

"Carry it down!"

"yes!"

…

Looking at the palace guard, the emperor motioned for him to continue.

"Your Majesty, Lord Wen Kewen has left the court now, and the Emperor has not made any other arrangements for his position, so Chongwen Palace has not been involved in determining this list recently. Now it is all decided by people from Shangxi Mansion and the Ministry of Rites.

The things are very tricky, so they are all done by dedicated people, and there is a set of relationships involved."

"What's the meaning?"

"The job of this mission is a fat job. Not only can you earn a lot for the boss, but you can also make a lot for yourself, so many people are rushing to get there. But after all, the number of people who can join the mission is limited, so Chen Yuanliang thought

Got a solution."

"How?" Zhao Su looked at Gong Bao and became even more confused.

"He will set a price for the people who enter the mission. According to their status, different people will set different prices and sell them one by one, just like Mr. Gu's last trip.

, they know that it is a fat job, especially when going to Xiyong, so even the price of a servant starts at one hundred taels. That's it, people are rushing to get a one hundred tael position as a servant! It's just that

In one day, all the heads of the six hundred people in the mission were sold out. The money he kept in his pocket during those days was estimated to be as much as two thousand taels, not counting what he gave out and what he finally got.

According to Weichen's estimation, he is only a small official, and what he can get in this matter is less than 10%. The bulk of it will have to be given to the officials above."

"From above?" Zhao Su immediately understood, what from above? To put it bluntly, the Ministry of Rites and Shang Xifu were involved in this matter, so all the shares were given to the Ministry of Rites and Shang Xifu. The right prime minister Ding Wei died of a serious illness as early as the year before last.

He died, and this incident was never mentioned again.

Gongbao spoke bluntly: "Shangxi Mansion, the Ministry of Rites, and Chen Zicheng."

"Hmph! You bastard," Zhao Su turned to look at the palace guard who was waiting for the Lord's decision with his eyes narrowed, but Zhao Su paused again.

Seeing that the emperor's expression changed and he did not immediately order a strict investigation, the palace guard immediately reported again: "Chen Yuanliang kept it in mind. He knew that this matter was too risky and that if something happened, he would be silenced, so he secretly

I made an account book because I was afraid that if someone wanted to harm him, I would use this account book to blackmail those people."

With that said, Gong Bao took out the account book.

It was a piece of cloth package that I took out from my pocket. I opened the yellow cloth carefully and found a half-burned blue-cover book in small regular script. On the blue-cover book, I could still see the name written in regular script: "Ten Wende

In the second year, Chen Yuanliang signed the "Record of the Mission".

Zhao Su looked at Gongbao, took the account book and glanced at it, then closed the door and lowered his brows to look at Gongbao.

Gongbao changed his tone at this moment and said: "This account book was snatched from his house. When Feixue, my subordinate, sneaked into his house, someone was sneaking into the study to steal the account book and burned it on the spot. Feixue

He snatched it out regardless of his safety."

"Uh," said Mr. Gongbao, who seemed to be having trouble deciding, and added: "I haven't read this account yet, but Feixue overheard some things. It is of great importance and involves Shangxi Mansion, the Ministry of Rites, and Prime Minister Ding."

Son-in-law, I have no choice but to come and ask His Majesty for instructions."

"Well," Zhao Su reprimanded, showing the majesty of the Nine-Fifth Emperor with a stern expression: "This Chen Zicheng is really lawless! Catch him and interrogate him severely!"

"Yes," Mr. Gongbao immediately got the direction and asked, "Your Majesty, Mr. Gu from Shangxi Mansion and Mr. Hu from the Ministry of Rites, do they also want to inquire?"

"Well, it's time to ask!"

"Yes, I accept the order."

Gongbao was about to leave, but Zhao Su stopped him: "If you want to investigate this matter, let's investigate it from the root."

, especially this Chen Zicheng!"

"Now that you have the clue, check it out as soon as possible and handle it as soon as possible. Don't delay the morning meeting the day after tomorrow. I want to ask them personally how they handled the mission!"

"Yes," the expressionless Gongbao clasped his fists, and then prepared to retreat. As soon as he turned around, he was stopped by Zhao Su: "Well, these juniors of Ding Wei are so shameless and should be severely punished. But Prime Minister Ding has worked hard to build a big project for me.

I have dedicated my whole life and now I can rest in peace. If I can’t be bothered, then don’t bother me.”

As he spoke, Zhao Su twirled his beard and said: "Feixue has made great achievements this time, and was injured due to his merits. I will give him a banner and a hundred taels of gold!"

"I would like to thank the Emperor for your kindness on behalf of Feixue! I will definitely handle it as soon as possible."

…

The palace guard walked very quickly when he left. Zhao Su couldn't help frowning as he watched him walk across the square.

He opened the account book that the palace protector had just given him again. Although the first page of the account book was slightly charred and burnt to the point where some of the writing could not be read, the clear part still recorded: "On January 6, the envoy to Qingzhou,

Number of people, one hundred and twenty, leader, Zhang Lin,"

And this next line: "Queen Zhao divided three thousand taels and recommended three people, Zhang Lin, Wang Yelang, Huang Bo... Gu Yuanqing, divided five thousand taels and recommended ten people..."

Next to the line about Zhao Shang, there is a special note: "Zhang Lin passed on the words of Queen Zhao and promised to help promote the guest to the foreign minister."

This Zhang Lin is Zhao Shang's nephew. He has been in and out of the palace frequently recently and has appeared a lot. Yesterday, Zhao Shang also mentioned him and said that Zhang Lin has good literary talent and asked Zhao Su to meet him. When he met, he was indeed like her.
To be continued...