After separating from Xia Zhaoyi, Song Qingtang went directly to Zhibei Yamen.
At this time, except for Jingzhao Mansion in Kyoto, which is open day and night, Zhibei Yamen and Beifu soldiers are also brightly lit.
Not long after he entered, he came out quickly, mounted his horse and rushed to Jingzhao Mansion.
About half the time he left the incense stick, seven people came out from Zhibei Yamen, each riding on horseback and heading in different directions.
Some went to Dongping University, some went to the Ministry of Industry Official House, and some major city gates such as Yongding Gate.
In Jingzhao Mansion.
Zhu Xian was not asleep yet and was writing something. Cao Sihu and Liu Changshi were sitting across from him, while Director Wei and three or four others were lying on the large office table made up of six desks on the other side of the room, fast asleep.
Jiang Siru came in with two minor officials and placed dozens of books in his hands on the table.
Zhu Xian looked up.
"I asked for it the day before yesterday." Jiang Silu patted them. "The number of casualties and missing persons of the capital's soldiers and horses. As long as their household registration is in Beijing, I have compiled their family members here. Most of them can still be contacted, and some have left the city.
, their names were also recorded in the book when they left the city, and except for the fact that the whereabouts of thirty-two of them have not yet been found out, the others all match."
His tone was not respectful and very lazy. Zhu Xian didn't pay attention and said, "Let it go."
Cao Sihu looked at the books, turned to Zhu Xian and said: "Sir, there is not much silver left in the warehouse. If we really compensate according to the silver taels mentioned before, it may not be enough."
Jiang Silu looked at the other people in the room and found that Song Du and the others were not there. He looked at Zhu Xian again, who was talking to Cao Sihu.
"Where is Song Qingtang?" Jiang Silu asked directly.
Zhu Xian and Cao Sihu looked at him.
"Why did you ask about General Song Lang?" Cao Sihu asked.
"Wouldn't our entire Jingzhao Mansion be close to Lord Zhu and him?" Jiang Siru replied.
Cao Sihu's surname comes from the Cao family in Dingtao, and he is Cao Youyun's distant cousin. Although Cao Sihu and Song Qingtang have not spoken a few words these days, the relationship between the Song and Cao clans has always been there.
Before Cao Sihu could speak, Jiang Silu said again: "And Ah Li, why don't you see her?"
"Go back and rest," Zhu Xian said, "It's been a hard day."
"Sir, do you know where they went?" Jiang Silu asked.
"Your Excellency has been sitting here all day and has never left the house. General Song and Miss A Li have not come in to see you. How could you know where they have gone?" Liu Changshi, who had been silent for the whole time, said.
"On the contrary, why are you asking these questions?" Cao Sihu followed closely, "When did the relationship with them become so good?"
When they said these words, their expressions did not show any displeasure or impatience. Jiang Siru saw that they really didn't know, so he turned around and left.
After he left, Liu Changshi said: "He asked Song Lang what he was going to do for no reason."
"He pays less and less attention to adults." Cao Sihu also said.
Zhu Xian didn't know what to say.
In the past few days, not only Jiang Siru, but also the entire Jingzhao Mansion showed signs of instability.
"Go and ask where General Song is going," Zhu Xian looked at Liu Changshi, "Maybe Jiang Silu offended him somewhere and wanted to ask him to apologize, or maybe Song Lang did something to offend Jiang Silu.
Lu has a grudge in his heart."
Liu Changshi nodded and stood up: "I'll go take a look."
Jiang Siru left with the two petty officials and turned around to go to the courtyard next door. Jiang Siru's expression became anxious and his pace quickened. He left the two petty officials in the yard and hurried up the steps and opened the door.
The lights in the room were bright, and there were three people sitting there, all dressed as minor officials. Two of them were immersed in their work, and one was sitting by the window drinking tea.
Seeing Jiang Siru's expression, the tea drinker frowned, put down the tea cup and said, "What?"
"From the looks of Zhu Xian and Cao Wenchi, they really don't know where Song Qingtang and Na Ali are."
The other two people in the room were busy writing. When they couldn't hear anything, they didn't dare to raise their eyes to look at Jiang Siru and the man drinking tea.
The man drinking tea looked bad and said nothing.
Jiang Siru didn't say anything and waited quietly.
But the longer I waited, the more panicked I became.
After all, he had been following this person half an hour ago, wanting to hear what Song Qingtang and the girl would say.
As a result, the girl suddenly gave him a look that frightened him into hiding.
This look made Jiang Siru uneasy until now, unsure whether the other party had noticed him.
But whether he discovered it or not, Jiang Siru was panicking.
When Zhu Xian stopped the imperial driver and scolded the dog emperor in the street, when this reached Jiang Silu's ears, he was almost frightened out of fear, lest he, a little Silu, would be implicated.
Later, people from Tianrong Guard came to test him. When he found out, he immediately took refuge, thinking that he had a backer. As a result, the girl who had disappeared for many days came back.
Based on what Zhu Xian did, Jiang Siru is sure that this girl will definitely protect Zhu Xian. If something happens to Zhu Xian now, and the girl finds out that the incident is related to him, Jiang Siru doesn't know if the girl will kill him.
Go and avenge Zhu Xian yourself...
Thinking of this, he broke into cold sweats.
Tianrongwei, no one in the imperial court is afraid of him.
But this girl is more terrifying than Tianrong Guard. She was the one who knocked Xie Sijie down directly on the horse. With so many Tianrong Guards present, who can do anything to her?
Jiang Siru felt really uncomfortable. He just wanted to live well and live an ignoble existence. Why was it so difficult?
After a while of silence, the man drinking tea said, "Zhu Xian is still sitting there?"
"Yeah." Jiang Siru replied with difficulty.
"What about the rest?"
"Everyone is here, except Lin Juyi and Fan Jietui. Everyone else is here."
The man drinking tea nodded and said, "Go and get busy."
Jiang Siru was stunned: "Are you going to ignore them?"
"Who cares?"
"Song Qingtang and Duke Ding's illegitimate daughter...won't you go find Vice General Bao?"
"Vice-General Bao has something important to do, he will come."
Jiang Siru didn't know what to say. He still felt uneasy thinking about it and said, "I'd better go take a look again. It's too quiet outside."
Song Qingtang dismounted at the back gate of Jingzhao Mansion.
As usual, he handed the reins to the gate guard calmly.
As soon as Jiang Siru left the courtyard, he saw Song Qingtang.
Jiang Siru immediately moved to the back and hid in the darkness.
It was indeed Song Qingtang. Judging from his appearance, he had just come back from outside. There seemed to be nothing strange about him.
The other party quickly disappeared from his sight. Jiang Siru waited for a while, but did not see the girl.
The girl left last night and came back today, so could it be that he was overthinking that the girl actually went to rest?
At this moment, there was a lot of noise and noise coming from the front office.
Jiang Siru turned his eyes to look, and saw that the commotion was getting louder and louder, and bright firelight shone out. The first person to come in was Deputy General Zhu of Yanyun Guards, Zhu Mao.
Liu Jianjun followed him, followed by four guards and several generals who had worked very hard to defend the city during this period, including two generals, Du Yide and Zeng Youkang, Zhu Mao's nephew Zhu Ziyan, etc.
