After a while, Li Long strode in. As soon as he saw Lin Zhao, he immediately bowed and saluted, and shouted loudly: "I'm here to see you, Mr. Capital Hall."
Lin Zhaodao: "Li Long, you and I, my brothers, don't be so polite. What happened that made you come here overnight?"
Li Long cupped his hands and said: "This afternoon, your Majesty sent a eunuch to the Jinyiwei Yamen to give an order to the Lord to come to Changchun Garden early tomorrow morning to have an audience."
"I'll go to Changchun Garden to see you early tomorrow morning?"
Lin Zhao nodded and asked Li Long to sit down and eat meat.
Li Long thanked him with his hands, but couldn't help but said: "Sir, the emperor's order is on my side..."
Lin Zhao waved his hand and said: "After all, we are meeting tomorrow morning. No matter how anxious you are, you won't miss a meal. What's more, it's getting late and you're running back and forth, so you need a good rest."
After saying that, he said to Sun Shaozong and Feng Ziying: "I will rush back to the capital tonight, and these brothers and girls will be escorted back to the city by Brother Sun and Brother Feng tomorrow."
Sun Shaozong smiled and said: "This is what it should be."
Feng Ziying also said: "Your Majesty's summoning is a big deal. Brother Lin, just go ahead and go. The county master and several girls, as well as Xue Datou and Baoyu, I will ensure that they are delivered to the house safely."
Baoyu said nothing, and Xue Pan was unhappy: "Old Feng, I also have arms and legs, why do you need to give them to me?"
Feng Ziying smiled and started playing with Xue Pan.
However, there was envy in the eyes between him and Sun Shaozong.
It is a great grace to be able to be summoned by the emperor to see him while he is sleeping.
There are also rumors that after Lin Ruhai comes to Beijing, Lin Zhao will be released.
But the meaning of the summons also shows that the holy love is strong.
So everyone ate and drank, and notified the girl in Meiyuan. Daiyu immediately arranged for Lingge to go and clean up.
After half an hour of cleaning up, Li Long here was almost rested.
The two of them said goodbye to everyone and rode back to Beijing.
On the night of the 22nd, it was already the last quarter of the moon, and it was extremely cold because of the snow yesterday. Lin Zhao was jogging on his horse, and felt that the cold wind was like a sharp blade. Only then did he realize how hard it was for Li Long to ride the horse overnight.
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However, Li Long has internal strength. As his internal strength circulates and his whole body becomes warm, he can still block the cold wind.
But it was night after all, and even if a lantern was hung in front of the horse's head, the road ahead would be sparse.
He and Li Long returned to Beijing first, and they were supposed to let everyone play as they pleased at the hot spring resort. However, after two days of playing, soaking in hot springs, drinking wine, and eating barbecue, they all had enough fun that they all decided to return tomorrow.
Zhongnan Mountain Hot Spring Resort is hundreds of miles away from Changchun Garden. Even if we rush to get there, it will be late at night, so we can only stay nearby.
After all, in the royal estate, even if the emperor was in Maodong, he would often meet with his ministers, so there were many residences of major government offices around.
Early the next morning, Lin Zhao entered Changchun Garden.
Although this garden has the same name as the Manchu emperor's garden, the structure inside is quite different.
Outside Jingrentang, where the emperor worked, Lin Zhao and several courtiers stood in the lee of the palace wall, barely resisting the draft.
However, unlike several other civil servants who huddled up, Lin Zhao stood upright like a javelin, as if the cold wind could not affect him at all.
Because it's cold in winter, and there is still a gap between civil and military officials, even though I used to make a few insinuations in the past, I'm not in the mood now.
Several civil servants were hunkering down like shrimps, trying their best to resist the cold weather. Who is in the mood to talk about a rough martial artist?
What's more, this warrior's holy family is strong.
Lin Zhao was too lazy to pay attention to them.
He felt a little strange in his heart.
Did Emperor Xiaode play too much with his imperial tricks? What would he do if he summoned himself here and then left him out to dry?
Is it because of the memorial of "The Opening of the Songjiang Port", or is it because of the memorial after Xiu Mu?
Or maybe after the Battle of Tiewan Mountain, Emperor Xiaode was still angry and did not intend to let things pass peacefully and planned to go to jail?
If he was imprisoned, Lin Zhao did not want to involve himself and Jin Yiwei.
It's best to push it to the Dragon Guards and the Punishment Department.
Most of the people involved in murders were women and children who were not worthy of death. Lin Zhao was not willing to cut them off with his knife for so long.
After all, a human head is not a leek, it can still grow back after being cut off.
It is true that Jinyiwei is a steel sword for the emperor, but this steel sword cannot be stained with too much blood.
Otherwise, why would you need to reorganize the Jin Yiwei?
Lin Zhao thought of this and shook his head again.
Emperor Xiaode was a man of great talent and strategy, but he was not a murderer.
Besides, he has completely controlled the palace and government, and there is no need to kill people to establish his authority.
I have been thinking about this for a long time, but I have never been able to figure it out. It is better not to think about it until the emperor reveals the answer to the mystery.
The dignified imperial guards are commanding the envoys. If the emperor is willing to strike, then let him strike.
Anyway, no matter how cold the weather is, you can't freeze yourself.
No matter how strong the wind is, it can't cool you down.
If I am willing to let the wind circle around me, how dare Uncle Feng not listen?
Or, if you want to do thunder, rain and dew, it will all be Jun En's way. Lin Zhao is really too lazy to serve you.
He remembered the good deeds of the castrated lion Manjusri.
If he went to Manjushri Bodhisattva and borrowed this lion, wouldn't the emperor become his puppet?
At this moment, Dai Quan, the eunuch in charge, walked out, glanced around, and smiled directly at Lin Zhao: "Lin Dutang, are you impatient? Several pavilion elders are discussing military and national affairs with Long Live Lord inside.
I'm afraid it won't be your turn for a while now or..."
As he said that, he put his hand in and said, "Would you like to come in first to warm yourself up?"
"Thank you, father-in-law, for your kindness."
Lin Zhao cupped his hands and saluted: "Xiaguan really doesn't dare to break the rules. Besides, Xianguan is a martial artist, so what does this coldness mean?"
But I understand in my heart.
It seems that the emperor did not dare to suppress himself too much after all.
Perhaps Emperor Xiaode was deeply impressed by Lin Zhao's terrifying fighting prowess that night on Tienwang Mountain.
Otherwise, the emperor's confidant eunuch would not take the initiative to show kindness to him.
No matter, as long as the emperor doesn't mess around, I won't bother to deal with him.
I'm here to practice myself.
Wait, why do I always have to remind myself that I am here for experience?
Is the Taoist heart still not perfect?
Just as he thought of this, the curtain of Jingrentang opened again, and Dai Quan's figure reappeared, singing loudly: "Commander Lin Zhao of Xuan Jin's Yiweidu is here to see you."
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An hour later, Lin Zhao left Jingrentang, glanced sympathetically at the civil servants who were still suffering, and strode away.
It seems that the emperor is indeed a man of great talent and strategy, dedicated to governing the country.
There is no thought of building a big prison at all.
But I, the leader of the Jinyiwei, thought too much.
But I didn't expect that the emperor would attach so much importance to the "opening of Songjiang port".
There was actually a big battle.
From Zhang Tingyu to the first minister, several cabinet ministers were all present, not to mention three of the six ministers, and He Yingren, a cabinet minister who had retired to serve as an official, was summoned by the emperor because he was from Guanzhong.
These seven bosses took turns to raise issues, and each issue became more acute than the last.
Especially Zhang Tingyu and He Yingren, one was hiding the needle, the other was pointing directly to the key point. What they said was all unclear and unexplained in the memorial, and they really made Lin Zhao's questions burnt inside and out.
Although he was an immortal and had gone through many trials and tribulations, he never expected that a mere Zhou Dynasty would have so many outstanding people.
Every question is to the point.
It is indeed a country with outstanding people and abundant resources.
In his heart, Lin Zhao greatly praised the abilities of these courtiers.
But he didn't care at all what would be the outcome of Songjiang's opening of the port.