Maybe it's because Xiao Yanzhi was very strong when he first dealt with the Ministry of Officials, so Xiao Yanzhi got the intimate guidance and full accompaniment of the Ministry of Officials when he entered the Ministry of Officials, although Xiao Yanzhi felt that such special treatment made him feel a little pressure, but it was a blessing for him to be able to remove those officials that the emperor didn't want to see.

It's just that as he expected before, the removal of a large number of court officials still aroused the suspicion of some ministers, and even someone wrote an excerpt to the emperor saying that the king of Shu was willful, but they were all perfunctory by the emperor, and once again let the hundred officials realize the emperor's favor for Xiao Yanzhi.

However, after receiving some bad comments, Xiao Yanzhi was a little relieved.

On this day, Xiao Yanzhi followed the official book to Dali Temple for the examination.

After flipping through the roster of Dali Temple, Xiao Yanzhi found the target person of his trip, but when he saw that one of them was surnamed Yun, Xiao Yanzhi looked at Xu Liqian who was smiling with a smile on his face a little sadly.

Xu Liqian has also been following him for a few days, I'm afraid he has already seen some clues, right?

Just thinking about it, the official Shangshu handed over a dossier with a smile and asked Xiao Yanzhi: "Lord Wang, what do you think of the people in Dali Temple?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi opened the file and looked at it, as before, what he saw were the daily work records of the officials of Dali Temple, most of which were their expressions when investigating and handling cases.

Xiao Yan turned over and thought of countermeasures.

Xu Liqian also leaned next to Xiao Yanzhi to read it together, and after reading a few pages, he said with a smile: "It is worthy of the Dali Temple established by my father and the emperor himself, judging from the records on this dossier alone, they are all talents." ”

"Huh?" Xiao Yanzhi looked at Xu Liqian curiously when he heard this, "Dali Temple was personally established by my father?" ”

Xu Liqian nodded and said, "My father pays special attention to impartial law enforcement, so Dali Temple and the Criminal Department are all personally selected by my father from top to bottom. ”

"Yes." Xiao Yanzhi smiled and was noncommittal.

are all people chosen by the emperor and dare to deceive their superiors and subordinates, if it weren't for the people chosen by the emperor himself, they would not have to openly rebel?

After looking through a third of the file, Xiao Yanzhi impatiently closed the file.

"This dossier of Dali Temple is also too thick, looking troublesome, why don't you come up with a few questions to test them with the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu and Dali Temple. Asked them to bring pen and paper together to write down their answers, and those who answered well were rewarded, and those who answered badly were punished. ”

Without waiting for Dali Siqing and the Ministry of Shangshu to answer, Xu Liqian frowned first and said, "But isn't this more time-consuming?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi sat down on the Taishi chair and said with a smile: "But you don't need to read so many words." I see that this room is quite large, so I will arrange for them to answer here. ”

Xiao Yanzhi had already decided when he said this, and he didn't give Xu Liqian and the three of them a chance to refute and question at all.

Seeing this, Xu Liqian couldn't say more, and Dali Siqing and the Ministry of Shangshu could only prepare.

Two quarters of an hour later, the big and small officials of Dali Temple entered the house in a daze, and saw that the low table had been neatly set up in the room, and the officials found a place to sit down.

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Dali Siqing again, and said with a smile: "Aren't Dali Siqing going to write a copy?" ”

"Huh? Oh oh oh, go now. Dali Siqing wiped his sweat and quickly found a place to sit down and answer the question.

Xu Liqian looked at the officials of Dali Temple who were answering the question, and saw that the Yun family was holding a pen and wiping sweat.

Xu Liqian frowned slightly, turned his head to look at Xiao Yanzhi and said with a smile: "What kind of trick is this, brother Huang?" Can you tell if these officials are competent or not? Wouldn't that be unfair? ”

Xiao Yanzhi turned his head when he heard this, and said confidently: "Haven't you heard a word about the imperial brother?" As an official in the court, half depends on ability, and half depends on luck. The emperor's younger brother also said that the officials of this Dali Temple were carefully selected by their fathers, and their abilities naturally had nothing to say, so I had nothing to test in this regard, so I had to test their luck. ”

When the official Shangshu who was standing aside heard this, his forehead sweated.

The King of Shu really relied on the blessing of His Majesty to do whatever he wanted, if His Majesty continued to indulge, this court would not be chaotic?

The official secretary wiped his sweat and asked boldly: "But Lord Wang, Dali Temple is an extremely important official office of the imperial court, and it is not possible to rely on luck in judging cases on weekdays, and it depends on the level of ability, so Lord Wang, let's ...... it."

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and glanced at the official Shangshu, and said: "Shangshu's words are wrong, it is precisely because it is from Dali Temple, so it needs luck more, otherwise what should I do if I accidentally be implicated in the case and die innocently?" ”

Xu Liqian was also stunned when he heard this, although he felt that this was definitely Xiao Yanzhi's crooked reasoning, but Xu Liqian couldn't think of anything to refute.

The officials also had nothing to say, so they could only secretly pray that the officials who were struggling to write in front of them would be lucky.

At the end of the answer, the secretary of the ministry collected the answers written by everyone and handed them to Xiao Yanzhi.

Xiao Yanzhi looked at it very casually, he looked at one at a glance, and then took it out and put it aside, and Xu Liqian picked it up and looked at it when he saw it.

After reading them all, Xiao Yanzhi still had three pieces of paper in his hand, three pieces of paper that only wrote his name and then left the whole article blank.

Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyes, and his eyes full of smiles swept over the faces of the officials of Dali Temple, so that people could not tell whether he was happy or angry at this time.

After a while, Xiao Yanzhi spoke: "I thought I was just testing your luck, but I didn't want to test something else. Since I asked the officials and the Dali Siqing to come up with the question, and asked you to answer, why don't you write something on this blank piece of paper, do you only write your name because you want me to understand the skills of judging the case from your name? ”

The crowd hung their heads and did not dare to speak.

Seeing that one of the three pieces of paper in Xiao Yanzhi's hand had the name of the Yun family written on it, Xu Liqian hurriedly smiled and said, "Brother Huang, they may just be too nervous. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Yanzhi's eyebrows raised and asked: "As an official of Dali Temple, but because of this little thing, I am so nervous that I don't know what to do. ”

Xu Liqian was speechless, and glared at the person from the Yun family with hatred.

He looked at other people's answers as if they were made up, and he didn't see a few serious answers, why didn't this fool write a word? How can he intercede without writing anything?

"The Ministry of Officials," Xiao Yanzhi said, "these three people will be removed from Dali Temple." ”

"Won't the Imperial Brother consider giving them another chance?" Seeing that Xiao Yanzhi was about to stand up, Xu Liqian hurriedly grabbed Xiao Yanzhi's arm.

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Xu Liqian suspiciously, then looked at the three people, and asked Xu Liqian, "What?" Is there any other person among the three of them who is gifted with extraordinary talents? ”

Xu Liqian laughed dryly twice and said, "How do I know this, I just think that the imperial brother will decide like this, will it be too hasty?" ”

"En......" Xiao Yanzhi thought for a moment, and then smiled, "It's a little sloppy, but I'm such a sloppy person." Let's go, my father is still waiting for us to go back and share lunch. ”

After that, Xiao Yanzhi left Dali Temple in a chic manner.

Xu Liqian gritted his teeth and glared at the Yun family fiercely, before getting up to catch up with Xiao Yanzhi.

His subordinates were dismissed in this way, and Dali Siqing was also a little unwilling, so he asked the official Shangshu: "Can Shangshu go and talk to the prince again?" Although the three of them did not act well in front of the prince, they had never made any major mistakes on weekdays, so would they be a little wronged if they were dismissed like this? ”

The official Shangshu sighed, leaned into the ear of Dali Siqing and whispered, "Haven't you understood yet?" This is His Majesty Xià is going to rectify the court! ”

Since the King of Shu returned to Beijing, His Majesty didn't know which tendon was wrong or suddenly figured it out, and began to use the hand of the King of Shu to rectify the court. He was only glad that he had been pretending to be stupid for the past three years and had not joined any party's camp, otherwise it would have been miserable!

Dali Siqing was stunned, and then looked at the three dismissed people, and then understood.

"Thank you, sir."

"That's it," the official sighed, "the official will go back again to see if there is a suitable person to send you again, so I will take my leave." ”

Dali Siqing hurriedly saluted and said: "Then another day, the official will invite the adults to drink, and the adults will go slowly." ”

The official secretary waved his hand and walked away like wind under his feet.

Xiao Yanzhi and Xu Liqian went back to the Liangyi Hall to share a lunch with the emperor, and then left the Liangyi Palace. After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly found that he had nothing to do in the afternoon, so Xiao Yanzhi led He Yan and Zhang Shaosheng to the outside of the palace.

Zhang Shaosheng was curious, so he asked, "Where is the prince going?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi turned his head to look at Zhang Shaosheng and said with a smile: "You come with me." ”

After saying this, Xiao Yanzhi said to He Yan again: "He Yan, when you go to Wucheng Wangfu, you tell Li An that I want to see someone, and he naturally knows who you want to bring to meet me." You take someone to the Drunken Immortal Pavilion in Anyi Fang. ”

Drunken Immortal Pavilion is a place that Xiao Yan stumbled upon when he led the delegation to run all over the street some time ago, different from other restaurants gathered in the east and west cities, this one is opened in Anyi Fang, and the gate is the same as the gate of ordinary people's homes, and a small plaque is hung on the door, and the plaque reads the words "Drunken Immortal Pavilion", if you don't go to find it, you generally can't notice it.

But this inconspicuous place is a place that dignitaries in Chang'an City like to go to very much, one is because the dishes are delicious, and the other is because the location is secret.

Xiao Yanzhi once led the delegation into it once, and felt that the best place of this drunken fairy pavilion is that it is built like a labyrinth, if there is no small maid to guide the way, then eighty percent of it is to get lost, but with a small maid to guide the way, the diners who enter the house are no one can touch anyone, no one can see anyone, and the entire drunken immortal pavilion will be like only you as a guest. Xiao Yanzhi really likes this very much, this is too suitable for doing something like stealing chickens and dogs.

"Yes." He Yan took the order and left first.

When he arrived at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, Xiao Yanzhi didn't stand at the door and wait, but walked in directly, sat in the wing room and waited for a while, and then another little servant led He Yan and the Xiao family brothers and sisters into the door.

"Brother!" As soon as Xiao Junmeng saw Xiao Yanzhi, he pounced first, "Why didn't my brother come to see me for several days?" ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I've been busy in the palace these days, won't I come to you as soon as I have time?" Xiao Yanzhi hugged Xiao Junmeng and smiled softly.

Xiao Ren'an and Xiao Xiangsheng first looked at Xiao Yanzhi from head to toe, and after making sure that Xiao Yanzhi was safe from complexion to body, they noticed Zhang Shaosheng in the wing.

"Brother Zhang?"

Looking at the three brothers and sisters who suddenly broke into the door, Zhang Shaosheng was also stunned, and when he heard this "Brother Zhang", Zhang Shaosheng came back to his senses and smiled very happily.

He Yan suddenly felt that he shouldn't continue to stay here, but when he turned his head and was about to leave, Xiao Yanzhi directly asked him to stay. He Yan had no choice but to stay in the wing.

He didn't want to know so much trouble.

"In other words, you brought them to Chang'an?" Zhang Shaosheng immediately frolicked with Xiao Xiangsheng.

Xiao Yanzhi nodded and said, "I'm in Chang'an, so naturally I have to bring them here." ”

"And where do they live now?"

"Temporarily live in the Wucheng Palace." took the time to answer Zhang Shaosheng's question, and Xiao Yanzhi wholeheartedly coaxed the angry Xiao Junmeng.

Zhang Shaosheng looked at Xiao Junmeng, and suddenly asked Xiao Yanzhi: "You brought Junmeng, what about Junmeng's sweetheart?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi's eyes jumped fiercely when he heard this, and after glaring at Zhang Shaosheng, he said, "Who cares about him!" ”

Xiao Junmeng was stunned, and then his face turned red: "How did Brother Zhang know about this?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi said disapprerovingly: "I said it." ”

"Brother, why do you say everything!" Xiao Junmeng punched Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows, and teased with a wicked smile: "What? What is this still something unspeakable to you? ”

"Not really!" Xiao Junmeng gave Xiao Yan another punch.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong, I was wrong, don't be angry," Xiao Yanzhi smiled and coaxed again, "Brother ordered a table of delicious food, is it okay to eat to dissipate your anger?" ”

glared at Xiao Yan fiercely, Xiao Junmeng sat down next to Xiao Yanzhi, but he still looked angry.

Xiao Ren'an looked at Xiao Yanzhi, then at Zhang Shaosheng, and asked, "Is Brother Zhang also an official in the palace?" ”

Zhang Shaosheng scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "It's not an official, it's just to be a guard for your brother." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Ren'an glanced at He Yan again and said, "That big brother Zhang is the same as Brother He, and he will follow his brother at any time in the future?" ”

"Yes, that's right." Zhang Shaosheng nodded.

Xiao Ren'an smiled and said, "That's good." I've always been worried about whether my brother will be too reluctant to be alone in the palace, if Brother Zhang can follow my brother, it would be really good, no one can understand my brother better than Brother Zhang, who grew up with my brother since childhood. ”

"Don't worry," Zhang Shaosheng touched Xiao Ren'an's head with a smile and said, "I will definitely protect your brother." ”

He Yan couldn't help but sneer, and said, "You can learn the things in the palace first." I don't know if you're taking care of the prince or if the prince is taking care of you. ”

I don't know if His Majesty likes the King of Shu too much or hates the King of Shu too much, and he will send a person who doesn't know anything to the King of Shu, this Zhang Shaosheng is a fellow villager of the King of Shu, yes, he is honest and sincere to the King of Shu, but Zhang Shaosheng doesn't understand anything, which is enough to make Zhang Shaosheng a drag on the King of Shu. The king of Shu is worried about what to say, he doesn't care about that, but don't make trouble for him.

Zhang Shaosheng's face was embarrassed, and he couldn't get off the stage.

Xiao Yanzhi wanted to say a few words to ease the awkward atmosphere, but he didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, at this time, someone from Drunken Immortal Pavilion knocked on the door and came in to deliver food, which finally broke the embarrassment in the room.

Halfway through the meal, the people from the drunken fairy Accord knocked on the door again and came in, but they were presented with a pot of wine.

Xiao Yanzhi stared at the pot of wine, and asked suspiciously, "I didn't order wine, ...... is this?" ”

The little guy smiled and said: "Back to the son's words, this is what our young master gave to the son, and the young master also said, our young master also invited you to this meal today." ”

"Young master?" Xiao Yanzhi's eyebrows frowned, and then he suddenly remembered the young master of the Yan family who he met a few days ago, "This is Young Master Yan's shop?" Yan Shaozhu is available? ”

"The young master is dining with us, if the son wants to see him, the little one will show you the way."

Xiao Yanzhi thought about it, and then said to He Yan and Zhang Shaosheng: "You two drink this pot of wine, Shaosheng, you take care of them first, and I'll go back when I go." ”

Seeing Xiao Yanzhi get up, He Yan also got up and said, "Lord Wang, let's go with my subordinates." ”

"No need," Xiao Yanzhi smiled, "In Young Master Yan's territory, nothing must have happened." ”

Although he had only seen Young Master Yan once, he had heard of the name of the Yan family even in Jiangnan.

"No, my subordinates will go with you." He Yan insisted on following Xiao Yanzhi.

Xiao Yanzhi was helpless: "Okay, you follow me, then this place will be handed over to Shao Sheng." ”

Zhang Shaosheng nodded.

Xiao Yanzhi followed the little guy from Drunken Immortal Pavilion out at this time, and He Yan turned his head and glared at Zhang Shaosheng before leaving.

Zhang Shaosheng really regards himself as the prince's fellow countryman, does he still remember his current identity as the prince's guard?

And Zhang Shaosheng, who was stared at, didn't quite understand why he was stared at, but recently he has always been looked at by many people with dissatisfaction, and Zhang Shaosheng has become accustomed to it.

followed the little guy to Yan Sheng's place, and Xiao Yanyi smiled happily when he saw Yan Sheng.

"Thank you Young Master Yan for your hospitality."

Yan Sheng nodded: "Sit down." ”

Xiao Yanzhi sat down according to his words, and said: "I didn't expect that it was rare to go out for dinner and come to Young Master Yan's place, this is really a coincidence." ”

Yan Sheng agreed: "It is indeed a coincidence. ”

It's also rare for him to come once, but he didn't expect to meet this interesting person.

"Also, I want to thank Master Yan for the wine, it must be a good wine, but it's a pity that I don't drink." Xiao Yanzhi said regretfully.

"You don't drink?" Yan Sheng looked at Xiao Yanzhi in surprise, "You make wine, but you don't drink?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi nodded and sighed: "Yes, as soon as you drink, you will get into trouble." ”

A smile welled up in Yan Sheng's eyes.

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Yan Sheng, and suddenly said, "Young Master Yan, if I say that I want to ask you for help with something, will you help me?" ”

Yan Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Look at things." ”

Xiao Yanzhi scratched the corners of his mouth, leaned closer to Yan Sheng, and said shyly: "Are you still short of people in this drunken immortal pavilion?" ”

Yan Sheng felt that it was funny that a prince could make Xiao Yanzhi's gesture at this time, so he teased: "You want to come?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi shook his head and said, "It's not me, but I want to send two people to Young Master Yan?" ”

Yan Sheng thought about it carefully, and then said, "You can't protect the people, can I protect them?" ”

He hasn't even protected his own status in the Yan family.

Xiao Yanzhi laughed and said, "They have to stay away from me to be safer." ”

Yan Sheng looked at Xiao Yanzhi and teased again: "Then I should stay away from you." ”

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Yan Sheng with a depressed face when he heard this.

The smile in Yan Sheng's eyes deepened, and he said, "Lead people to take a look." ”

Xiao Yanzhi's eyes lit up and said, "Come with me today." ”

Yan Sheng pursed his lips and said, "I didn't look at it." ”

Xiao Yanzhi glared at Yan Sheng, turned his head to He Yan and said, "He Yan, go and see if they are full, if they are full, bring them, if not, wait for them to eat and bring them." ”

"Yes, lord."

Since the prince has the intention of letting Young Master Yan meet with those people, can't he bring it from the beginning?

Hearing Xiao Yanzhi's words, Yan Sheng frowned slightly and said, "I don't have time to wait." ”

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Yan Sheng hatefully, stretched out a finger, and said, "A jar of wine, I will brew it myself." ”

Yan Sheng's eyebrows stretched: "Wait for you for a while." ”

Xiao Yanzhi gritted his teeth.

This stinky boy! The young master of the Yan family is amazing? He's still a royal young master!

It didn't take long for He Yan to bring the person, and Xiao Yanzhi suddenly felt that he had built a jar of wine for nothing.

Yan Sheng's gaze swept over several people, and then asked, "Which two?" ”

Only then did Xiao Yanzhi remember and said to Xiao Ren'an and Xiao Xiangsheng: "Ren'an, Xiangsheng, I have come to see Young Master Yan. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Ren'an and Xiao Xiangsheng obediently stepped forward to greet them, but they were secretly looking at how old this young man who was sitting with their brother was.

Yan Sheng stared at Xiao Ren'an and Xiao Xiangsheng again, and then turned his gaze to Xiao Junmeng, pondered for a while, and said: "Ten jars of wine a year, counting that woman, I want three." ”

Xiao Yanzhi bargained with a bitter face and said, "Is the Eight Altars okay?" ”

He's very busy, huh......

Yan Sheng glanced at Xiao Yan and said, "Count Tusu wine and chrysanthemum wine, ten altars." ”

Xiao Yanzhi gritted his teeth and responded: "Deal." ”

Xiao Xiangsheng didn't think this conversation was right, so he asked Xiao Yanzhi: "Brother, are you going to sell us?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi turned his head and glared at Xiao Xiangsheng, and said, "I sold you, and I still have to give people ten jars of wine every year, am I stupid?" ”

Xiao Xiangsheng touched his nose and shrank behind Xiao Ren'an.

Xiao Yanzhi got up and bowed to Yan Sheng: "Then my younger brother and sister will ask Young Master Yan." ”

"Well said. Let them go to Yanfu tomorrow. As soon as the words fell, Yan Sheng stood up, "I'll go first, you are free." ”

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and watched Yan Sheng leave.

Tang Shuo caught up with Yan Sheng and asked puzzledly, "Young Master, are you ...... Why help him? ”