Chen Pi's reaction was expected by Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu sat on the chair, holding a fan in his right hand, fanning it gently, with a calm expression.

Today's weather is a bit hot and dry, his body is slimy, and his head is sweaty from time to time.

Chen Pi was frightened, looking at Zhao Xu's calm expression, he became more and more worried, and said in a low voice: "Official, you really can't kill it." ”

Zhao Xu closed his fan, picked up the teacup, and said with a smile: "Just keep an eye on it." ”

Chen Pi looked at Zhao Xu's increasingly calm face, and his scalp tingled.

Chu You didn't speak, and occasionally went out and came in again.

After Zhao Xu finished drinking tea, he felt a little more comfortable, leaning on the chair, pinching his earlobe with his right hand, still thinking freely.

He has no way back now, and he must give it a go!

The consequences of the failure were so severe that he was more serious than ever, and his mind was constantly working at a high level.

As for Chen Pi's 'can't be killed', Zhao Xu didn't take it to heart, and if he didn't kill it, he could only wait for the country to die.

Time passed little by little, and it was not until the sun began to set in the west that the Praetorian Guards came to report.

After listening outside, Chu You came in and said to Zhao Xu: "The official family, the people from the political hall have left the palace one after another. Zaisuke, the privy envoy did not leave. The front division of the palace mobilized soldiers and horses and arranged them at the various entrances of the palace. ”

Zhao Xu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said, "Is there a lot of people?" ”

Chu You thought for a while and said: "It shouldn't be much, there aren't many soldiers and horses in Kaifeng City, and some of them are in the palace, and the emergency transfer of the front division of the palace in such a short period of time is at most one or two thousand people." ”

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, he had more than three thousand in his hand, and said, "Chu You, are the two hundred people ready?" ”

Chu Yu raised his hand and said, "Don't worry, the official family is at the Daqing Gate, waiting for the official family's holy order at any time!" ”

Zhao Xu turned to Chen Pi, his face was cold, and said, "Keep an eye on Ji Province and Su Zhe, I want to take him under the knife!" Take the time and tell me before you get off work! ”

Chen Pi seemed to know who Zhao Xu's words were referring to just now, and his heart was as cold as a stone, and then he gritted his teeth, secretly ruthless, and tried his best to keep calm, and said: "Yes, the villain will do it!" ”

Chu You stood still.

At this time, the high-ranking officials of the three provinces and six ministries walked out of the Xuande Gate one by one with different expressions.

Although the three phases said righteous words, as a high-level of the imperial court, they knew what was happening in the palace, especially the successive blows of the official family.

It seems to be 'against the traitor Cai Jing as the envoy', but in the eyes of most of them, it is actually a self-defense counterattack by the three relative officials.

At the same time, Han Zongdao, the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, and Cheng Ma Yan in the imperial history left side by side and left in a hurry.

The identities of the two of them are rather special: the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture is a second-class senior member and has always been the 'prime minister'; the imperial history Zhongcheng is in charge of the imperial history platform and is in charge of the 'Fengxian', not from the line of Lu Dafang and others.

The two avoided the crowd, came to a teahouse, and waved away Xiao Er, with a solemn expression, and remained silent for a long time.

After a long time, Ma Yan spoke: "Brother Han, what do you think of what Zai Fu and them have done?" ”

Han Zongdao frowned and glanced at him, and said: "You weren't not absent from the official family Guan Su Xianggong that day, and then sent Han Xianggong away, and the suppressed Zaifu had a hard time, if it weren't for the Empress Dowager, these Xianggong would not be the opponents of the official family at all." ”

Ma Yan was shocked and said, "You mean, the official family is going to make a move against the Empress Dowager?" ”

Han Zongdao was just about to drink tea, and almost took a sip of tea and sprayed it on Ma Yan's face.

Ma Yan said twice, knowing that he was speechless, and immediately said: "That's not it." But if the official family wants to be pro-government, the empress dowager can't get around. ”

Han Zongdao wiped his mouth, glanced at him angrily, and said, "You called me sneaky, what do you want to say?" ”

Ma Yan took a deep breath, his expression was a little solemn, and said, "I want to know, what are you going to do?" What is the attitude of going to court tomorrow? ”

Han Zongdao looked at Ma Yan's serious expression, silently lowered his hand, and hesitated: "Perhaps, there is no need for us to say anything, right?" ”

Ma Yan snorted suddenly and said, "Don't forget, Cai Jing is the former governor of Kaifeng Mansion, others have escaped, can you escape?" ”

Han Zongdao slowly wrinkled his brows and said, "You are the middle of the imperial history, you can't escape, right?" Looking at the meaning of Zaifu and the other two ministers, I'm afraid it won't be easy to be good......"

Ma Yan thought about it and said, "What I'm worried about is that they will go out of line and force the official family to promise something. ”

The bureaucratic system of the Song Dynasty should have begun to expand during the Zhenzong Dynasty and was consolidated during the Renzong Dynasty. They confronted the imperial power, and at the same time constantly eroded the imperial power, and obtained the privilege of 'not killing scholars and doctors and those who wrote and spoke about things', and with this 'right to avoid death', the confrontation between the courtiers and the emperor became more and more intense.

When it came to Shenzong, even with the support of Shenzong, Wang Anshi failed to change the law to the end, and countless people attacked one after another, and finally Wang Anshi resigned twice, and Shenzong had to retreat, and the vigorous change was almost unexpected!

Now those ministers in the imperial court, do they want to emulate the old things and force the officials to promise something?

Han Zongdao woke up suddenly, and then remained silent with a calm face.

Do they all know that the attitude of Lu Dafang and others towards changing the law is to force the official family to promise not to be a god sect and a benevolent sect?

Judging from their observations during this time, this young official who has just emerged is afraid that he will not be able to succumb so easily! And young and vigorous, with sharp means, if you really want to be stubborn and don't agree, will you do extreme things?

Ma Yan looked at Han Zongdao and said, "What are you going to do?" ”

Han Zongdao frowned deeply, and said with some hatred: "How did things develop to this point!" ”

He was still thinking about the word 'extreme', and he seemed to see scenes of blood in front of him, which made him feel cold in his heart.

Ma Yan's tone was a little heavier, and he said, "I'm asking you, what are you going to do?" ”

Han Zongdao snorted and said, "What should I do?" How do you say? If we don't agree to Zaifu, we will be liquidated afterwards. If we agree, even if the official family loses today, will they be able to spare us in the future? ”

Ma Yan is also entangled in his heart, these ministers don't want to think about it, they are old, as long as they clear their names regardless of life and death, there are still people who don't want to accompany them!

The two of them picked up their teacups at the same time and were silent for a while.

The teacup fell, and they looked at each other in unison, opening their mouths to speak and stopping.

In the end, it was Ma Yan who said first, "Let's bite the bullet and not speak? ”

Han Zongdao's brows didn't seem to loosen, he sighed, and said, "I'm afraid it's not good." Forget it, it's useless to think so much, tomorrow when you come to the court, let's see the moves, I hope they don't go too far. ”

The corners of Ma Yan's mouth moved, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it.

……

Liang House.

Liang Tao, the head of the household, is not in the ranks of entering the palace, and naturally he is not a cronie of Lu Dafang and others, let alone an important minister of the court.

He was sitting in the house at the moment, drinking vigorously and with a sad face on his face.

At this time, a young man came over, looked at Liang Tao's appearance, and said worriedly: "Second uncle, there is no way yet?" ”

Liang Tao glanced up at him and said, "Zai Fu said to investigate, Su Shaozhi said to investigate, the Privy Council, and the province all said to investigate, but there was no movement at all." The official documents on the side of Huanqing Road are one after another, and the Xia Kingdom is ready to move......"

The young man sat down opposite Liang Tao and said, "Isn't the province still willing to pay back the money and grain?" ”

Liang Tao snorted coldly and said, "Su Shaozhi said, if you don't find it out, how can you send it, what if it 'disappears' again?" The treasury does not have so much money and food. ”

The young man was a little anxious and said, "What about Huanqing Road?" If the Xia people suddenly call, there will be no grain and grass on Huanqing Road, and the consequences will be unimaginable! ”