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When it was dark, the imperial city gate had not yet opened, and the officials gathered outside the imperial city gate, waiting for the order.

It's just that the outside of the Imperial City Gate today is not as quiet as before, and the officials are not as sleepy and drowsy as before, but gather together in twos and threes, whispering, and the atmosphere has a strange eagerness, as if something has aroused their great interest.

The faces of the officials of Zhongshu Province were quite ugly, and the officials from Zhongshu Lang to the principals, as well as the officials of Hongwenguan, pursed their lips tightly and did not participate in these discussions.

Behind Zhongshu Province were the officials of Menxia Province, who were also in high spirits, and looked as if something had happened.

The officials who were whispering were discussing the loud noise in the imperial city last night. The loud noises became clearer in the silent night, waking many officials from their dreams, but most of them did not know what was happening, and even if someone arrived, they were not sure and did not dare to say it out loud.

The officials who were talking couldn't help but look at the officials of Zhongshu and Menxia provinces, and secretly thought: Those loud noises are really related to Zhongshu Province, what happened to Zhongshu Province?

Among them, there is a hint of meaning in the eyes of the officials of Shangshu Province, which seems to be concerned and excited, and if you really want to explain, there is also a hint of schadenfreude - for various reasons, there are many discords between the officials of the two provinces, and this is normal.

Shi Fang Xin and Shen Du usually have a lot of contacts, so they approached at this time and asked, "What happened to the loud noise last night?" I heard that something happened to Zhongshu Province? ”

As soon as he said this, the front of the imperial city suddenly became silent. The officials all pricked up their ears and waited for Shen Du's answer.

Shen Du, like other officials in Zhongshu Province, did not look good. After listening to Fang Xin's questioning, he replied truthfully: "It was the provincial council hall that collapsed, and the specific situation is not yet clear. ”

He didn't say this loudly, but the officials in front of the imperial city gate heard it clearly. He Shen glanced at Shen Du suspiciously, not understanding why Shen Du said this. This is not a good thing for Zhongshu Province.

When the other officials heard this, they had only one thought in their hearts: The council hall of Zhongshu Province collapsed? Doesn't that mean that the official office of the Chinese book has been ruined?!

Here, I have to talk about the structure of the Chinese book official office. The so-called Zhongshu Provincial Hall. In fact, it is the hall of Zhongshu Province. The houses distributed on the north and south sides of the hall are the offices of the officials of Zhongshu Province.

Now that the big beams of the council hall are broken and the council hall has collapsed, can the houses on both sides of the council hall not be affected?

And. Next to Zhongshu Province is Menxia Province. Presumably, Menxia Province has also been affected. Otherwise, the officials of Menxia Province would not have looked like this. It seems that the loud bang last night was really a big deal.

The officials looked at each other. I don't know what to say. No wonder, the faces of Zhongshu Provincial officials will be so ugly, how can the office of Zhongshu Provincial officials be good in the future? What about the province under the door? And what will be the impact?

When they saw Pei Gongfu and Wang Zhang coming together, and their expressions were very gloomy, they didn't dare to say anything. The officials all consciously stood on both sides so that Pei Gongfu and Wang Zhang would walk in front.

Today's day is not a big court meeting, and Pei Gongfu and Wang Zhang rarely appear in the past. Now that they have been waiting here so early, it can be seen that the affairs of Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province have made these two chief officials extremely worried.

At this moment, the officials of Shangshu Province pressed down the glimmer of happiness in their hearts. Their main official Jixin is not here, and now Pei Gongfu and Wang Zhang are the highest-level. In the face of these two great gods, they didn't have the courage to come out.

Pei Gongfu and Wang Zhang glanced at each other, their faces were still worried, but they didn't say a word. Seeing his chief official like this, the officials of Zhongshu and Menxia provinces all bowed their heads and were silent, until the gate of the imperial city was opened, and no one made a sound.

After entering the imperial city, Pei Gongfu and Wang Zhang did not go straight to the Xuanzheng Palace, but each ordered a few officials to check the situation of the officials of the two provinces, to see what happened to the council hall of Zhongshu Province, and what happened to the Zhongshu official office and the official office under the door.

When they went there, they saw many guards standing with their loads, and behind the guards was a ruined Zhongshu official office.

I saw that half of the council hall had collapsed, revealing the mottled walls, and the huge beams had broken into two sections, shattering the tables and chairs in the hall, and the tiles were scattered to the ground; And the houses on both sides, some of them collapsed directly like the council hall, and those that did not collapse were also crooked, and they would fall down at any time.

Pei Gongfu and the others could still hear the sound of tiles falling from time to time, and when these sounds sounded, their faces darkened a little.

Since the Zhongshu Province moved into the Imperial City more than 70 years ago, it has not moved any more land. Although it has been repaired several times, the traces of time cannot be concealed, and the old is the old, and some decay and corruption are hidden in invisible places.

Now, after the erosion of rain for days, coupled with the bite of snakes, insects, rats and ants, the official office of the Chinese secretary has been severely destroyed. As judged by the officials in front of the imperial city, the official office of the Chinese book was destroyed!

Seeing the way the office used to look like this, I don't know how the chief officials of the two provinces are feeling, but the officials below, like He Jinhe who followed him, and Tang Jian in the matter, are in a very sad mood.

Pei Gongfu called the guards and asked, "What's the situation now?" Where are the officials on duty last night now? How are they? ”

These guards will be here, apparently the Imperial City has been cleaned up last night. In addition to the guards guarding the imperial city, there will be officials on duty in every official office, where are they? Are you okay?

After listening to Pei Gongfu's question, the guard immediately replied: "Lord Du and Lord Qi went to the official office of Yushitai to rest for a while, and they are all fine. ”

The guards felt that the officials on duty in Zhongshu Province last night were really blessed and fatal. The chief on duty last night was Lord Du Zhu, and it was his willful move that made everyone escape...... Originally, the officials on duty should have stayed in the council hall, but Du Yu went to chat with Qi Lin, the servant of the door, and beckoned the chief and guards to go with him, so he was so lucky to avoid a catastrophe.

Where do third-grade officials like Du Pre still need to be on duty in the official office? But it's just for the sake of it. Now that he heard that Du Yu was fine, Pei Gongfu breathed a sigh of relief, but he couldn't see it on his face.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, send someone to call them. Last night's situation will also be reported to the emperor. Wang Zhang said on the side, and gave Pei Gongfu a look.

Next, I went to the Xuanzheng Palace, and I really wanted to put on a good show!

(Extra: Second Update!) Institutional change is a very complex and lengthy process, and I want to write about it a little bit. Expect all changes to be adaptable and progressive~) (To be continued......)

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