On this day, until dark, Zhao Xu did not summon Su Song, as if he was completely unaware of the infighting in the political affairs hall.

On this night, Zhao Xu stayed overnight in Renming Palace.

Empress Meng has almost recovered, but she has become more and more observant of her duties, and there is also a clear and visible alienation.

Zhao Xu sighed lightly in his heart, he could only accompany him more, mixed with the relationship between the emperor and the queen of politics, it was really unclear.

However, Meng Meiren was calm and did not make any radical moves.

The next day, Zhao Xu continued to deal with his affairs in the Vertical Arch Palace.

It's still annual leave, but all departments are nervously preparing for the big enemy, and the heads and brains of each department are walking around to lay the things after the day break.

Because Zhao Xu was too busy and the teachers were going on vacation, a few little guys in the palace were crazy and played all day long.

After noon, Zhao Ji sneaked out of the palace with him, and took Zhao Xiang with him.

Zhao Ru's little face was excited, and he said in a low voice: "Old Eleven, can you really go horseback riding?" ”

Zhao seems to be practicing horseback riding in the palace with guards guarding him all the way, which is really uncomfortable, and he wants to really ride once.

Zhao Ji nodded, glanced around with a twinkle in his eyes, and said, "Don't worry, I've inquired, there is a family raising horses not far from the city, let's give some money, and ride as long as you want." ”

Zhao seemed to listen with an excited expression, and then said with some concern: "Do you want to leave the palace?" The official family will be angry when they find out. ”

Zhao Ji was not afraid at all, straightened his chest, and said: "When the time comes, even if you push it to me, it will be a big deal to be hung overnight, and you will have a good time!" ”

Seeing this, Zhao seemed to be greatly moved, and said: "If the official family teaches you a lesson, I will block it for you!" ”

Zhao Ji well, patted Zhao Yi on the shoulder in a good way, and took him out of the palace.

Zhao Ji quietly walked towards a small courtyard, muttering in a low voice: "I have been locked up by the official family for so long, I don't know how much money Li Khotan made for me by making a few paintings, if it is less, see how I teach him a lesson......"

After Zhao Ji found that Li Tian last time, he found that this Li Khotan's level of fraud was average, and after his pointing, coupled with the temptation to give Li Khotan a real painting to imitate, Li Tian was obedient and earned Zhao Ji dozens of times.

I haven't been able to leave the palace for so many days, and Zhao Ji has been thinking about it in his heart.

Just when they went to Li Khotan's house, the two officials of the Criminal Department had been waiting for four or five days, drinking tea outside the teahouse, seeing that there was no play, and discussing going back to close the case, Li Khotan, who was cowering in the corner, suddenly opened his eyes, pointed at Zhao Yi, Zhao Ji and the two, and said urgently: "That's it, it's him......"

When the two officials saw this, they stood up with their knives and looked at them from a distance, but they did not move.

When they came, they explained that this person may have some background, so they have to be careful.

The two of them looked at each other, glanced at each other, and quietly followed with Li Tian.

Li Tian was cautious and did not dare to say a word.

Zhao Ji led Zhao Yi, who was bragging, drawing a big pie, and said: "Old Thirteen, you wait and see, in less than a year, I will be able to earn hundreds of thousands of yuan, and when the time comes, ......what do you want?"

Zhao didn't seem to be as confused as Zhao Ji, so he still said uneasily: "I'm afraid that the official family will find out, and the official family won't beat me, but if I start a temper, I'm very afraid of ......."

Zhao Ji snorted twice and said, "When I make money, I will pull dozens of carriages to Funing Palace, sprinkle all the money on the ground, and see if he dares to beat me......"

Zhao seemed to be startled and said, "Old Eleven, you must not do this, otherwise the official family will beat you to death......"

Zhao Ji shook his head, looked around, hummed and chirped in his mouth, and suddenly, he turned his head.

Originally, the two officials who wanted to see the appearance of this little boy were startled and pulled Li Tian around violently.

Zhao Ji stared at the two and blinked, turned his head with a nonchalant expression, and walked forward slowly, just arrived at an intersection, and suddenly pulled Zhao Qi to run quickly.

Zhao seemed to stumble and followed the runway: "Old Eleven, what's wrong?" ”

Zhao Ji looked cold and said, "That Li Tian has reported to the official." ”

Zhao seemed to disagree, and said: "What are you afraid of, the official family sent a guard behind." ”

Zhao Ji said: "I can't let the official family know, hurry up, go to the Imperial City Division, and let Cai You settle it for me." ”

Zhao Ji is very thorough in his heart, since Li Tian has reported to the official, someone must suppress it, he doesn't know anyone outside the palace, but that Cai You once stammered him, and now he is very powerful, just use him.

When the two officials saw Zhao Ji fleeing, they immediately threw down Li Khotan to chase him.

The plainclothes guards who followed saw it and followed in a panic.

Zhao Ji soon came to the Imperial City Division in the corner of the Imperial City, and rushed in in a big way.

Under the banner of Zhao Xu, and Zhao Xu's two younger brothers, who dares to stop it, Cai You will see you soon.

Zhao Ji put his hands behind his back, with a cold face, and directly swaggered to tell the matter, and then said undoubtedly: "You have settled it for me, and you can't let the officials know." ”

Cai You was stunned when he heard this, he had long known that His Royal Highness the Eleventh, the King of Suining County, was unreliable, and he never thought that he would do something to cheat money by making fake paintings.

'Is there a shortage of money in the palace?' ’

Cai You muttered in his heart, he recently confiscated those people's family property, but he sent it to the palace without deducting a penny, and the cash confiscated by the Imperial City Division alone was millions of yuan.

Immediately, Cai You looked at the more than 20 people in the hall, stepped forward without moving, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, what are you going to do?" ”

Zhao Ji put his hands behind his back, straightened his waist, and snorted coldly: "Catch that Li Tian here, beat him first, and don't allow him to talk nonsense." In addition, where did he report to the official, you go and let them not be allowed to check again. ”

This is naturally a trivial matter for Cai You, is it just to hide it from the official family?

Cai You estimated this matter in his heart, thought about it for a while, and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, I'll settle it." ”

Zhao Ji nodded with a majestic face, turned around and left. In his opinion, it's just a small thing, it's not a big deal.

Zhao seemed to be a little nervous, and cautiously followed behind Zhao Ji.

When Zhao Ji left the Imperial City Division, he had no fear and continued to walk with a swagger.

The plainclothes guards watched, did not move, and continued to follow secretly.

However, when the officers of the Criminal Department saw them entering and leaving the Imperial City Division at will, they looked at each other, knowing that the matter was big, one continued to stare at it, and one went to report.

Zhao seemed to look around and said in a low voice: "Old Thirteen, let's go back." ”

Zhao Ji had no scruples and said, "It's hard to come out and don't go back." Let's go, I'll take you to the Emerald Pavilion, I've always wanted to go before. ”

Zhao Ru checked the money bag on his waist, nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll buy some jewelry for Xiaoniang." ”

Zhao Ji blinked, and did not say that the Jade Pavilion was actually a matter of the Qinglou.

The Criminal Department reported it here, and it quickly attracted attention, this case is naturally not a big deal, but someone can enter and leave the Imperial City Division of the Land of Tigers and Wolves at will, and the Criminal Department will be serious.

A foreigner followed, saw Zhao Ji and Zhao Xiang, and after confirming it repeatedly, he pulled Li Tian and shouted in a low voice: "Are you sure it's them?" ”

Li Tian naturally recognized Zhao Ji, hadn't he seen it once or twice, and said a little stunned: "It's him." ”

Wailang furrowed his brows, he knew these two, one was Zhao Ji, His Highness the Eleventh, and the other was Zhao Ji, the younger brother of the official family, where could he move lightly?

The staff member thought about it, saw them running towards the Jade Tower, and said in a low voice: "You guys guard, let's go back." ”

The two servants and Li Tian instantly had a bad premonition, and the identities of these two little sons may not be simple!

When Wailang returned to the Criminal Department, Zhao Xu saw three people in the Vertical Arch Hall at this time.

One is the privy envoy Zhang Kai, the other is the general Xu of the military department, and Liang Tao, the secretary of the household department.

Xu Jiang's face was gloomy, and he said: "Official, the Xia people are attacking again, it should be because our dynasty imprisoned and killed two groups of Xia envoys." ”

The confidential room had just received the information, one step faster than the Privy Council, and the Xia people gathered 30,000 people and entered the palace again.

However, because of the defeat of the Xia people last time, Zhang Qi took the opportunity to snatch many fortresses, and the Xia people did not step into Huanzhou and other territories at all, but were blocked in the fortress.

Zhao Xu was not worried, the Xia people were defeated, and it was impossible to gather the army again in a short time, listening to General Xu's words, he nodded slightly.

Zhang Qi thought for a while and said: "The official family, although the minister has made some arrangements, but he is not at ease, please send the two brothers in the seed division and the seed construction back." ”

Because of the entanglement of the imperial court, coupled with the change of the military system, and the commander of the garrison outside Beijing, these generals did not leave immediately.

Zhao Xu thought about those generals, he had a plan in his heart, thought slowly, and said: "It's suitable, go back in the plant, and stay in the plant." ”

In the construction of the plant, the people are tall and big, and the look is wooden, but the training and fighting are indeed a good hand, and Zong Ze has praised it several times, calling it 'a simple and beautiful outside'.

Xu Jiang, Zhang Kai has no objections.

Zhao Xu didn't have a superfluous reaction to this Xia attack, and instead said, "You don't have to worry about Su Xianggong's side, act according to the plan." ”

Xu Jiang and Zhang Qi raised their hands, glancing at Liang Tao, the head of the household, who had been talking and stopped, and the two raised their hands to leave.

Zhao Xu turned his head to look at Liang Tao.

Liang Tao looked hesitant, handed over a notebook and two big coins, and said, "Official, a few days ago, the household department received a donation of 10,000 yuan. ”

10,000 yuan, which is equivalent to 10,000 taels of silver, such a large sum of money cannot be taken out casually.

Zhao Xu looked slightly surprised, took the notebook, but took the big money and looked at it over and over.

This big coin is printed with 'Emperor Song Tongbao'.

The coins of the Song Dynasty are very complex, in addition to the material, there is also the coinage every time the yuan is changed, the year name of the emperor of the Song Dynasty, as little as three or five, more than a dozen, so many years, all kinds of coins are very much.

In addition, there are some special places where you can mint coins privately, which makes copper coins even more intricate.

'Emperor Song Tongbao', the Song Dynasty did not have the name of 'Emperor Song', this was cast by the Renzong Dynasty.

Zhao Xu looked at the two coins, and his mind was full of thoughts.

The problem of the currency market in the Song Dynasty was not only that the amount of copper coins was too small and not easy to carry, but also that the currency system and currency value were complicated.

But the Song Dynasty lacked silver, and it was not so easy to convert currency. However, copper coins have indeed hindered the development of the commodity economy of the Song Dynasty to a certain extent, and adjustments need to be made.

Zhao Xu stared at the two copper coins, groaning in his heart.

Liang Tao saw that Zhao Xu had not spoken, so he did not dare to disturb, and waited quietly.

Zhao Xu came back to his senses after a while, picked up the notebook, opened it and looked at it, and suddenly became even more surprised, looked up at Liang Tao, and said, "You said, it was donated by the ninth brother?" ”

Ninth brother, Zhao Li.

Liang Tao raised his hand and said, "With such a big sum, the ministers didn't dare to be careless, so after checking, they found out that His Royal Highness the Ninth Highness sold the property and made it up." Before...... The minister talked a lot and told His Highness the Nine about the emptiness of the treasury. ”

Zhao Xu's expression did not move, and his eyes were smiling.

Although the ninth brother Zhao Tong is a blind man, he has an excellent heart, and he quietly donated money knowing that the treasury was empty, which was also for him.

Zhao Xu thought for a while and said with a smile: "Since he doesn't want to say more, then he shouldn't know." ”

"Yes." Liang Tao is here to ventilate, naturally what Zhao Xu says.

At this time, the officials of the Criminal Department had a headache.

Not only did it find out that the fake painting was His Royal Highness Eleventh in the palace, but there was also a person who sued the Criminal Department.

It was the calligraphy and painting shop that Zhao Ji frequented to be, he held more than a dozen paintings, and shouted that if the Criminal Department didn't find out, he would go to beat the drum.

Dengwen drum is naturally not something that anyone can knock if they want to, but this spearhead is pointed at Zhao Ji.

Of course, even this is a small matter, and the Criminal Department is even, but this person is still a little special.

His name is Zhu Qianzhen, and his father is Zhu Shi'an.

Zhu Shi'an is actually nothing, ordinary people, but this involves Concubine Zhu, that is, Zhao Xu's biological mother.

Concubine Zhu's father's surname was Xuan, and he died when Concubine Zhu was less than two years old, so Concubine Zhu remarried Zhu Shi'an, so Concubine Zhu changed her surname to Zhu. But Zhu Shi'an's family was unhappy with the daughter of his wife's ex-husband, and Concubine Zhu's biological mother had to give it to someone surnamed Ren to raise.

Therefore, although Concubine Zhu's surname is Zhu, she has three fathers in legal theory. But Concubine Zhu, the Cui family, and the Zhu family don't move around much, and Concubine Zhu has a hard time in the palace, so the Zhu family lives a very ordinary life.

Although Concubine Zhu's biological mother and Zhu Shi'an have passed away, after all, there is such a relationship, they can be regarded as relatives of the emperor, and the lawsuit has really hit Concubine Zhu and the official family, how should the criminal department deal with itself?

The original small case quickly went up to Shangshu Cai Jing's duty room.

Cai Jing's face was expressionless, but how could he not react in his heart, where could he have thought that the dignified King of Suining would make a fake painting to cheat money, and also pulled out Concubine Zhu.

Before Cai Jing could figure out how to deal with it, his son Cai You came and wanted to come to the Criminal Department to settle the matter.