Knock Knock –

The morning bell rang through Chang'an, the gate of the majestic imperial city palace was wide open, and the officials and officials dressed in various court clothes walked neatly through the white stone royal road and entered the Taiji Golden Palace in the middle of the entire dynasty.

The golden gourd warrior stood in the goose feather snow, making the carved golden temple look solemn and solemn.

At ordinary times, the civil and military courtiers standing in the golden palace should hold their breath and wait for the Son of Heaven to come out of the side hall, and at most they should meet each other's eyes to discuss the things to be reported.

But this morning, the atmosphere in the Tai Chi Hall was completely different, and even a little noisy.

"Lose your conscience! Your Li family is not a thing, is there a king in your eyes......"

The sound of scolding resounded throughout the Golden Palace, and the anger was unrevealed, covering the whispers of hundreds of officials.

Naturally, it was the official Qi Xinghan who scolded directly, Qi Xinghan was originally a weak scholar, but at this time he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to rush up and beat the loyal and brave Marquis Li Baoyi standing in the ranks of military attaches with the wat board in his hand.

The officials next to him were all pulling and consoling, of course, the words of consolation were also scolding the Li family for not being a thing.

If you dare to be an official, no one is a bad seed, and you can't rub sand in your eyes. Even the emperor sitting on the dragon chair dared to scold, let alone a little marquis.

In front of the Golden Palace, Prime Minister Xiao Chuyang closed his eyes and stared, and he had no intention of stopping.

Xiao Chuyang's sword eyebrows are hooked nose, and his eyebrows are quite majestic, he is the backbone of the Xiao family in Huainan, and he is also the backbone of the Dayue court.

Next to Xiao Chuyang, Taiwei Liu Pingyang, Zhisu Neishi Lu Chengan and others also watched coldly and did not respond.

Li Baoyi's face turned red, he hung his head and was scolded by a group of officials, and he didn't dare to return the favor, but he was covered with sweat in the winter, and wiped it with his sleeve from time to time.

Stomp –

Footsteps sounded from behind the Golden Palace, and the Golden Palace was silent, all bowing down.

Palm print eunuch Jia Gonggong, holding the dust duck in his voice:

"Ascension!"

The voice was not sharp, and it was even extremely thick, so that the petty officials who were waiting to be summoned outside the palace gate could hear it.

Inside the door of the side hall, Song Ji, the son of heaven dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, walked quickly through the steps above the golden hall, waved the hem of the dragon robe, and sat on the dragon chair, frowning with a slightly unhappy expression.

Song Ji is only forty years old, is the brother of Song Yu, the king of Yan, compared with the monarchs of the previous dynasties of Dayue, he is more diligent, a few years ago after the queen died of illness and did not set up a queen, not even out of the palace gate, busy with government affairs day and night, and his political achievements have suppressed a group of princes and lords, and his prestige is very high.

"See the Holy One!"

Hundreds of officials bowed their heads in unison with wat boards, and the needles in the golden hall could be heard, and a blurred reflection could be shown on the smooth floor tiles.

Dada——

Sweat dripping on the floor tiles, Li Baoyi did not move, and he didn't even dare to come out of the atmosphere.

The silence lasted for a moment before Song Ji raised his hand:

"What's going on in White Horse Village?"

The bloody case of Baimazhuang last night had been transmitted back to Chang'an City, and it reached the ears of the Son of Heaven through the Investigation Division in the middle of the night.

In the early hours of the morning, dozens of gentry and children of official families who participated in the gambling game were all pressed back by the Royal Forest Army. They were also brought back more than 30 incomplete skeletons and five corpses, as well as tigers, bears, and beasts in iron cages.

Chang'an, the central government, has a population of one million, and there are not a few people who die in private fights every day, but this is the first time this kind of dirty thing has happened. If the people of the market were to know that the prince who lived in Kuishou Street had let the poor people fight with tigers for fun, many officials standing on the golden palace would probably be drowned in spittle.

The emperor opened his mouth, and Xiao Chuyang took a step forward, bowed down and spoke:

"On the sage, yesterday the dog heard that the White Horse Village was a little strange, so he took a wolf guard from the Investigation Department to check, and found that the White Horse Village was secretly built under the basement, and a gambling house was opened in it, so that people could fight with the beasts......"

I basically knew what I said, and Xiao Chuyang just repeated it.

Li Baoyi waited for the prime minister to finish speaking, then he came out and knelt down, and said in a mournful voice:

"Holy Lord, the sinner has no way to teach his son, he has failed to live up to the love of the Holy One, and the sin deserves death, please punish the Holy One!"

"Reprimand?"

Song Ji frowned, and patted the armrest of the dragon chair: "Nearly forty lives, it's enough for me to punish your nine clans!" ”

The words were a bit heavy, which directly made Li Baoyi's face pale with fright, and he touched his head to the ground and said in a trembling voice:

"The Holy One is angry...... In the case of White Horse Village, the guilty minister cannot escape the blame, but ...... But those people are gamblers, and they have signed life and death certificates......"

"You fart, everyone is caught by you, it's not what you write and what they sign......"

Qi Xinghan's violent temper immediately started scolding.

After that, the civil and military officials began to argue, and the Li family could not escape the blame, but it was a bit measured, the people who killed were all moths in the market with unclean foundations, and the state of life and death was also something that the court acquiesced in. It is obviously not appropriate to sentence the Li family, whose ancestors have protected the master, according to forty lives.

Song Ji's words were serious, indicating that he did not mean to protect the Li family for personal gain, and then he didn't speak much.

There are not a few officials who have a good relationship with the Li family, and the Li family is still guarding the border passes, and it is not good to punish too much.

After a scorching argument, he finally saved the Li family, only fined Li Baoyi for three years, and took back the fields of Baimazhuang, his son made a big mistake but was young and ignorant, and he was not allowed to enter the office for life for three years.

Li Baoyi was thankful that he was able to save his son's life, and if he dared to say more than half a word, he was honestly punished.

And Xiao Ting, who was a 'blockbuster' this time, made many officials look sideways and praised it in the court, but they were a little confused in private.

Xiao Ting's reputation in Chang'an City is well known, big mistakes are not made and small mistakes are constantly made, and there is basically no talent, and the matter of running to the Queen Mother to cry his nose is basically known to the high-ranking families on Kuishou Street.

A gentleman who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it, suddenly ran to White Horse Village to claim justice, which was a bit too abrupt.

In the morning, Xiao Ting came back with the Imperial Forest Army and the Wolf Guard, and even the Xiao family thought that Xiao Ting had stabbed the big basket, and they were afraid that Xiao Chuyang would not care, so they directly sent someone to the palace to intercede with the Queen Mother. In the end, understanding the cause and effect, everyone didn't believe that Xiao Ting did it.

After all, the killing is too decisive, unlike Xiao Ting's style of acting, there are many doormen who kill the tiger with a knife, but the doorman dies, and he has to listen to the orders of the head of the family before he can do it, according to Xiao Ting's temperament, if he knows about the White Horse Village, he should go to the Queen Mother to ask for credit.

However, the matter has come to this point, and it is impossible for the courtiers to question Xiao Ting, they can only secretly suspect that Xiao Chuyang instructed Xiao Ting to do such a big thing, and whitewash the reputation of 'no learning and no skills'.

And the Xiao family naturally knew that their stupid young master had a few catties and a few taels, and it was impossible to make such a feat, and there were no doormen to follow Xiao Ting out yesterday, so there must be a master behind him to help.

But who this master is, the Xiao family really hasn't figured it out for a while......