Qin Xiao claimed in front of Zhu Dongshan that he wanted to exterminate Tsing Yi Tang, Zhu Dongshan naturally frowned, and both of them also changed color.

"Qin Xiao, there are so many people in Kyoto who speak wildly." Although the bald Li was quite afraid of Qin Xiao in his heart, he couldn't help but sneer at this time: "If you have the ability to dissolve Tsing Yi Tang, Jiang will kneel at your feet and lick your shoes." ”

Qin Xiao smiled faintly and said, "It turns out that Li Sanye still has such a hobby. ”

The bald Li clenched his fists, but Xu Changyin arched his hand to Zhu Dongshan and said: "My lord, Brother Jiang was killed by this person, there is no falsehood, even if he is an official of the imperial court, it is impossible for him to be so careless about people's lives." Please also ask your Excellency to send someone to investigate thoroughly, and you must not let Brother Jiang die in vain. Glancing at Qin Xiao, he said lightly: "At the time of the incident, a witness witnessed that Qin Xiao cut off Brother Jiang's left arm, and Brother Jiang was no longer a threat to him, but this person was so mad that he grabbed Brother Jiang and threw him downstairs. ”

"I know the witnesses you are talking about." Zhu Dongshan said: "But Qin Lingzhi said that the two people who testified were from your Tsing Yi Hall, and they would naturally speak for Tsing Yi Tang, so the testimony of the two of them could not be counted." ”

"At the time of the incident, in addition to the two of them, the little marquis of Huaiyang happened to be a guest in Tsing Yi Hall." Xu Changyin immediately said: "Your Excellency can summon the Marquis of Huaiyang, he will definitely be able to uphold justice and testify for us." ”

Qin Xiao also nodded and smiled: "My lord, what this Second Master Xu said is extremely true, the testimony of the people in Tsing Yi Hall cannot be counted, but the testimony of Huaiyang Hou will not be false." At the time of the incident, Huaiyang Hou witnessed everything that happened on the spot, and if he could testify, the truth of the matter would be clear. ”

Zhu Dongshan frowned and said, "You want to let the Marquis of Huaiyang come to the Criminal Department to testify?" ”

Qin Xiao and Xu Changyin glanced at each other, and they both nodded.

"The Marquis of Huaiyang has a noble status, but you can't interrogate him by letting him testify." Zhu Dongshan said lightly: "Xu Changyin, since you want Huaiyang Hou to testify for Tsing Yi Tang, you can go and invite Huaiyang Hou to the Criminal Department, if he can testify that Qin Xiao personally killed Jiang Qianxing, this official will naturally deal with it in accordance with the criminal law." He looked at Qin Xiao again and said: "Qin Ling, you can naturally ask the Marquis of Huaiyang to testify for you, if the Marquis of Huaiyang testifies that Jiang Qianxing fell downstairs by himself, you naturally do not have to bear the responsibility for murder." ”

Qin Xiao smiled faintly and said, "Since Second Master Xu thinks that Huaiyang Hou can testify for them, let them invite Huaiyang Hou." Humble status, there is no face to invite Huaiyang Hou. ”

"Xu Changyin, since Qin Lingzhi has said so, you Qingyi Hall will go to invite the Marquis of Huaiyang." Zhu Dongshan said: "Qin Lingzhi is on an errand on Zhuque Street, if you invite Huaiyang Hou to come over, the Criminal Department can summon Qin Lingzhi at any time." ”

Xu Changyin hesitated for a moment, and finally arched his hand: "Then the grass people will try to invite Huaiyang Hou over." ”

At this moment, he saw an official of the Criminal Department walk in, walked lightly to Zhu Dongshan's side, and whispered a few words in his ear, Zhu Dongshan was stunned, but he glanced at Qin Xiao, immediately got up, and said, "Qin Ling, come with me to receive the order." ”

Qin Xiao was a little surprised, and said suspiciously: "Receiving the order? I thought that Zhu Dongshan wanted to accept the order, what did it have to do with him, but he wanted to let himself follow the order.

"Don't say more," Zhu Dongshan walked out quickly, "There is a decree in the palace, and it must not be delayed." ”

Qin Xiao hesitated, he could only get up and follow behind Zhu Dongshan, Xu Changyin and bald Li glanced at each other, and they were also a little stunned.

When he arrived at the front yard of the Criminal Department, he saw a general priest in a crimson narrow-sleeved robe waiting in the courtyard, followed by several dragon scale guards, and when he saw Zhu Dongshan bringing people over, he asked, "The military department orders Qin."

Is it over here? ”

Zhu Dongshan stepped forward and arched his hand: "Qin Lingzhi is being interrogated by the Criminal Department, so he is here." He turned around and pointed at Qin Xiao and said, "This is Qin Xiao, the commander of the Treasury Department of the Ministry of War." ”

"Qin Xiao takes the order!" The general said with a sharp voice.

Qin Xiao glanced at Zhu Dongshan, and Zhu Dongshan hurriedly said, "Don't kneel down yet to accept the order." Taking the lead in kneeling, the officials of the Criminal Department present on the side had already knelt on the ground one after another, Qin Xiao only felt strange in his heart, secretly thinking how could the palace give an order to such a small seventh-grade official as himself?

But if there is a decree to come, you can only kneel.

"The edict said: summon Qin Xiao, the commander of the treasury department of the Ministry of War, to enter the palace immediately to meet him, and he will see him!" The Tongshi Sheren rolled up the holy decree and said to Qin Xiao: "Qin Ling, enter the palace with the miscellaneous family, the sage summons." ”

Qin Xiao was a little dazed, looked up at the Tongshi Sheren, and said in surprise: "Father-in-law, yes..... Is it the saint who summoned the lowly to the palace? ”

"Not bad." Seeing that Qin Xiao was dressed in cloth, the Tongshi Sheren frowned and said, "Why didn't Qin Lingzhi wear an official robe?" How to enter the palace in a cloth dress? Can you change into official robes immediately? ”

Qin Xiao said: "I just entered the yamen as an errand in my humble position, and the official robe has not been issued yet, so I borrowed an official robe, but it was soiled, and it was just washed yesterday, so there is no official robe to change now." ”

The Tongshi Sheren thought for a moment before saying: "In this case, after entering the palace, if the saint asks, you will reply like this." The will will let you enter the palace immediately, without delay, you can go with the miscellaneous family now. ”

Qin Xiao could only say: "Humble command." "I wonder why the saint summoned him to the palace at this time.

Yesterday's events, although not trivial, do not seem likely to alarm the saints.

The Tongshi Sheren did not delay, and led Qin Xiao out of the door, there were still a few dragon scale guards waiting outside, the Tongshi Sheren got on the horse, Qin Xiao also rode his own black overlord to follow the Tongshi Sheren, and the dragon scale guards followed behind.

Suzaku Street is not far from the Imperial City, but the Tongshi Sheren did not directly lead Qin Xiao to the main gate of the Imperial City, Suzaku Gate, but went around the east of the Imperial City.

The imperial city of the empire was divided into two parts, the front belonged to the imperial city, and the back was the palace city.

After entering the imperial city, there are three palace walls to enter the palace city, there are dragon scale guards stationed in the imperial city, divided into two camps on the left and right, stationed on the east and west sides of the imperial city, through the three palace walls, there is an artificially built jade belt river between the imperial city and the palace city, it is extremely wide, the river is open to water, there are nine white jade bridges on it, it is the nine dragon bridges.

Miyagi, also known as Ziwei Palace, is the residence of the Son of Heaven.

Qin Xiao was so close to the palace for the first time, the road was naturally very unfamiliar, and the people of the Tongshi House did not speak along the way, after coming out of the yamen of the criminal department, he walked for most of the hour, and finally arrived at a palace gate, only to see the high palace wall towering, the palace gate ten steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, all of which were guarded by ironclad dragon scale guards.

"This is Yanxi Gate." The Tongshi Sheren finally said: "The sage has recruited you to enter the Ziwei Palace for an audience, so it is faster to enter from here." After getting off the horse, he said to Qin Xiao: "You can't ride a horse when you enter the palace, you get off the horse and enter the palace with the miscellaneous family." ”

Qin Xiao came to peace, and dismounted according to the instructions of the Tongshi Sheren, the Yanxi Gate was not completely opened, only a small door was opened, and the Tongshi Sheren led Qin Xiao into the Yanxi Gate, but the dragon scale guards who followed did not enter.

Entering the Yanxi Gate, it is a wide road, the Tongshi Sheren leads the way in front, Qin Xiao follows behind, he entered the palace for the first time, looked around, only to see that the palace and the outside are completely two worlds, the palace walls are heavy, the ground is paved with extremely exquisite stone slabs, and the road is extremely wide.

After walking forward for a while, a palace gate appeared on the side, and there were several dragon scale guards with swords and guns guarding outside the palace gate, and the people of the Tongshi House naturally knew that Qin Xiao was entering the palace for the first time, and seeing that his eyes were full of curiosity, he smiled and said: "We haven't entered the palace yet, and when we enter this Chongming Gate, we will really enter the Ziwei Palace." The first time you entered the palace, the miscellaneous family also told you two sentences, after entering the palace, no one asked you, you don't speak, let alone look left and right, can you understand? ”

Qin Xiao arched his hand and said: "There is the advice of Gonggong Lao." ”

Qin Xiao walked all the way, but he also knew in his heart that this palace was really heavily guarded, the palace gate was heavy, and the guards were forested, without the emperor's summons, it was a fool's dream to enter the palace.

Yesterday it was drizzling for half a day, but today it is sunny.

The palace is shining under the sunshine, glowing with warm light, beautiful, ghosted, the palace in the Ziwei Palace is as bright as a galaxy, the eaves carved from sandalwood are like a phoenix, and the relief wall panels carved from green tile jade show the majesty and momentum of the Tang Empire.

Qin Xiao followed behind the Tongshi Sheren, although he knew that it was not good to look left and right, he still couldn't help but use the corner of his eye to look around, and from time to time he saw the eunuchs and palace maids who were cautious in the palace.

The pavilions and pavilions in the palace are naturally not comparable to other places, and the palace with carved beams and paintings is naturally magnificent, and even the rockery and trees in the palace are also extremely exquisite.

Although Qin Xiao's memory is excellent, but the first time he followed the Tongshi Sheren through the palace, his mind was a little confused, and he really couldn't remember the winding road in the palace, and even walked for half an hour after entering the palace, and finally arrived at the edge of a temple. ”

Qin Xiao thought that after all, he wanted to see the Son of Heaven of the Tang Empire, and he was dressed in cloth, which seemed to be a little unusual. He said, "Everything is in accordance with my father-in-law's arrangement." Yes, I don't know my father-in-law's surname. ”

"The surname of the miscellaneous family is Wei, and you can call the father-in-law of the miscellaneous family." The messenger instructed: "Go into the temple with the miscellaneous family to bathe and change clothes." ”

Gonggong Wei obviously still has a lot of status in the palace, and arranges someone to help Qin Xiao bathe and change clothes, of course, Qin Xiao does not wash the bath himself, but there are palace maids to serve, the light is infinite, and the palace maids who can be on errands in the palace will not be bad in nature, but they can only look at it and not touch it.

And the palace maids who are responsible for helping to bathe and change clothes are accustomed to this, it is just an errand for them, they have seen a lot, and they are calm, maybe they are too loyal to their duties, or maybe they feel that Qin Xiao has not taken a bath for a while, and almost washed Qin Xiao off a layer of skin.

After bathing, Qin Xiao changed into clean clothes, which were made of silk and satin, which was extremely silky and soft on his body, but it made people feel very comfortable.

After bathing and changing clothes, Qin Xiao was afraid that the palace maid would throw away his cloth clothes, so he instructed him to put them away and take them away when he left the palace, and then under the leadership of Gonggong Wei, he arrived at a wide place in the Hanbing Palace, where there were tables and chairs, and there were snacks on the table, and a palace maid with a good posture was served on the side.

"You wait here first, and the miscellaneous family will report to the saint." Gonggong Wei instructed: "If the sage wants to pass you, the miscellaneous family will come and take you to the audience, but before the miscellaneous family comes, you will wait here, don't move around, what do you need, just talk to the palace people." ”

Qin Xiao immediately agreed, and when Father-in-law Wei left, he sat down, and he was not polite, picked up the dim sum on the table and ate it deliciously, thinking that this palace was really different, and even the taste of pastries was far from the folk.