"So what's a good one?" Song Duzong came to be interested.

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "This master looks like he is from other places, all my people in Xiangyang, how many people don't know how good Master Jia is?" This person is a Qing official, all for the benefit of the people. ”

"It is said that this Lord Jia brought all the people outside the city to the city and built houses for free, and I happened to be one person, this lord, I didn't pay a brick or tile, nor did I pay a tael of silver."

Song Duzong was very happy to hear this, this person was exactly the same as what Jia Yidao said, and he didn't have the slightest suspicion.

The shopkeeper was still saying, "Not only that, but you see that the city tower has also been raised by five meters, and now it is twenty meters, I said this master, do you still think that this Mongolian army can attack it?"

"Don't believe it, don't believe it." Song Duzong waved his hand.

Jia Rudao was also happy on the side, and this shopkeeper was also a person who likes to talk big, so he was simply talking nonsense at the moment.

"This master, you don't know that one day the Mongolian army will lead a million troops to come, and you will definitely not think about what happened later."

Jia Rudao panicked in his heart, could it be that this matter was known? That's not right, right?

"It is said that at that time, Lord Jia led his men to open the city gate to fight with him, and in less than an hour, the Mongolian army was repulsed, do you say this Lord Jia is a genius?"

Song Duzong sighed, "Not only is he a genius, he is simply a genius who is not inferior to General Yue Fei back then, and I am really grateful to him." ”

"Yes, yes, the emperor, this Great Song Dynasty can do without the emperor, but there will never be no General Yue Fei."

"Alright." Jia Rudao scolded him, "Master, let's continue to walk forward." ”

Song Duzong laughed: "Jia Aiqing, you are really a great hero"

"I believe that he Kublai Khan should know all these questions, Jia Aiqing, why don't you take the time to talk to this Kublai Khan after I get up and return to the palace?"

"It's the emperor."

Jia Rudao obeyed, the two ate at the dinner table for a long time, and then changed clothes with Song Duzong, and they walked out of the barracks with the guards and walked towards the city.

Song Duzong was happy while walking, he looked at the people around him who were doing business, and for the first time he had a sense of glory, and for the first time he felt that the people were happy, and the emperor would be happy. "It's really good, it's really good, Jia Aiqing, you really deserve to be the uncle of the previous country, you really deserve to be Jia Cai, I really like you more and more, as long as I have you, I will definitely have ten thousand years of great Song Jiangshan."

Jia Rudao received Song Duzong's expression in his eyes, and continued: "The emperor is polite, this matter is what Weichen should do, and the emperor really shouldn't praise Weichen."

"At the same time, Weichen hopes that the emperor can go and ask these people to see how they are doing in Xiangyang City."

Song Duzong really walked over, came to a stall and asked: "Shopkeeper, this Xiangyang City has a large population, and there are many people doing business, I want to know, is the business easy to do?" The shopkeeper looked up and looked at Song Duzong, she didn't know either, and the latter was not wearing a dragon robe.

"Hey, it doesn't matter if the business is good or not, as long as this common people live a stable life, this lord, don't you say?"

"Stability? What do you mean by stability? Isn't it stable enough now? This Great Song is good enough in the world!"

"I can't hide it, this lord, in fact, as the people of Xiangyang City, we are relatively happy, although it borders Mongolia, but we are not afraid, you look at Lord Jia who guards the city, he is a good official."

The surname really can't live without you, otherwise how would the people live? Do you say?" Originally, I thought it would be good to starve people here, but I didn't expect it to be so prosperous, not much worse than Lin'an, after all, it was an imperial city.

"This... The emperor is serious, as a courtier, shouldn't he solve problems for the emperor? As long as the emperor is happy, as long as the people of Xiangyang are doing well, Weichen will be satisfied. ”

As they continued to walk forward, Song Duzong saw an old man setting up a stall selling freshly cooked vegetables, just the right color, freshly plucked from the field.

He walked up and immediately said, "Old man, I want to ask if it is easy to buy and sell now?" How much silver can I make in a day?"

The old woman raised her head and looked at Song Duzong, she was old, her eyes were not good, and her ears were not good. "What did you say, this son? Old lady, my ears are not good, and I can't hear a little.

Song Duzong continued: "I mean, how about buying and selling now? How much money can I make in a day?"

The old lady sighed, but she heard it.

"How much do you earn in a day? Hey, it's not much, it's a hundred Wen, and besides, the old lady and I have such a little dish here, it's good for someone to buy it. ”

"It's just that it's not easy to buy and sell now, I can earn 200 yuan a day, but now it's only 100 yuan, but our people are happy.

"It doesn't matter how much he earns, as long as the Great Song Dynasty is stable, as long as the people have food to eat, son, do you say?"

Song Duzong nodded one after another.

The old lady looked at him carefully, "You.... A group of you are all from other places, don't you know, we have a great Qing official in Xiangyang City, that is, our Lord Jia, don't you know, son, this person is the real parent official. ”

Jia Rudao was secretly having fun on the side, and he was happy in his heart, thinking that he had made this group of people around.

Song Duzong continued to look at the other party, "That old man, how is this Lord Jia a clean official?" What good did he do to you?"

"Hehe, Lord Jia has done a lot of good things, such as exempting the taxes of our poor people, so increasing the taxes of those who do big business, which is simply overwhelming the taxes on the rich people.

"We, the people, can only earn a month. Isn't it beautiful to pay taxes on a few taels of silver, but now that there is no tax money, it is all paid by rich people, isn't it beautiful?"

The more Song Duzong listened, the happier he became, and the more he listened, the more excited he became, the Great Song Dynasty lacked a good official like Jia Yidao, this is a good official, he has been benefiting the people all his life, how could the Great Song Dynasty lack him? When the people left, they asked many people along the way, and many people were moved by tears when they mentioned Jia Rudao.

"Okay Jia Aiqing, what you have done in Xiangyang City has been recognized by me, and I have given you a very high evaluation, and now Xiangyang City is handed over to you, I can rest assured."

"Your Majesty, these things are what Weichen should do, there is nothing unusual, the emperor is too excited."

"At the same time, Your Majesty, as long as you continue to let Weichen garrison in Xiangyang, Weichen will definitely manage this place well and never let Kublai Khan's army come in half a step.

They nodded, then turned around and walked back, both of them had a great interest in crickets, and when they returned to the barracks, they naturally began to play with crickets again, until the next day Song Duzong led people away.

At the same time, on Song Qing's side, he finally found the location of the Criminal Department with the official diploma given by Song Duzong.

When I entered the house, there were many people here, and at the same time, there was also the director of the Criminal Department and the left attendant Lang Huang Zhushui.

There was a sound of fighting crickets in the house, a large applause, the sound was very harsh, and at the same time it came from the criminal department, which was very ironic.

Song Qing walked in step by step, and even his body was trembling, is this the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty? Is this the current official?

The voices were very, very harsh when they rang in his ears.

Even he didn't know what it was all about, let alone how he got into the hall.

There were more than ten people in the room, all gathered around a wide table, and everyone played very seriously.

With Song Qing's entry, no one discovered his existence, not even a single person.

I don't know who noticed his appearance, and suddenly shouted, and the scene was silent for a short while

Immediately afterwards, Huang Zhushui said: "Presumptuous, the Criminal Department is also where you wait for a mortal to enter?" Someone, hit this person fifty boards, and then throw them out immediately. ”

The officials were ready to act, and Song Qing immediately said: "Wait, isn't this place the Criminal Department?" Why are you fighting crickets here? Such a case has not been handled in the whole country, and you...

One of the officials said: "Joke, this is a matter of the Criminal Department, how can you intervene here at this moment?" My lord, this person obviously doesn't know what to do, why don't you just arrest him?"

Song Qing was stunned, what law did he violate? These people are really bold, are they worthy of the official uniforms on their bodies?

Huang Zhushui looked at Song Qing carefully, and said coldly: "The Criminal Department is not a place that attracts people," No one has ever been willing to take the initiative to come over, this time Zhang has seen it, doll, who are you?"

Song Qingdao: "Not long ago, he was the leader, and he was also the emperor's imperial punishment officer Song Qing, this lord, you are the director of the criminal department!"

Huang Zhushui was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect to be discovered, his subordinates came, he naturally wouldn't keep a straight face, and at the same time, this person was a criminal officer, in case he said a few words casually in front of the emperor, it would be over. ”

“..... And you, immediately put away the crickets, the criminal officer is here, don't you hurry up and see Lord Song?"

This group of officials immediately took action, knelt on the ground one after another, Song Qing said: "Okay, okay, don't be so polite, I said that the chief of the department, playing with crickets in the criminal department, I know that the Great Song Dynasty does not have this law, don't you want to give an explanation for this matter?"

Huang Zhushui is not afraid at all, he is a huge second-grade, and Song Qingnai is a fifth-grade, several levels older than the other party.

"Lord Song, just now you said that you were a criminal officer, but this official didn't see your documents, shouldn't you show it at this moment?"

Song Qing took it out from his body and handed it over.

"Your Excellency, you have to take a good look at it, this is given by the Ministry of Rites personally, and it is also the emperor. Given by the Emperor, this thing will not be fake, and, if it is confirmed in a while, I hope that the master will give an explanation. ”

The latter watched it for a long time, in fact, he had already recognized it, but because of the embarrassment and the fact that he didn't know how to explain it, he was a little ashamed of it.

"Sure enough, it was the emperor's imperial punishment officer, the official just now was negligent, come on, quickly give Song Ti a punishment seat."

A servant brought a stool, but Song Qing did not sit down, but said: "If Song is not wrong, shouldn't the Criminal Department be a place to handle cases and investigate cases?" Why is the Lord fighting crickets with his subordinates here?"

"This, this.... Song Ti didn't know anything about the punishment, the official was also bored at home just now, and he was annoyed to solve the case recently, and the pressure in his heart was too great, so this.... Played a few handfuls. ”

"At the same time, Song Ti Senten, this official is the director of the Criminal Department, and you, you are just a criminal officer, this official's official position is higher than you, Song Ti Sentencing, you shouldn't understand this!"

Song Qing naturally understood, but he didn't want to say it.

"At the same time, this official has already learned that Song Tixing is the son of the previous criminal officer Song Ci, it is said that Song Tixing inherited the mantle of your father Song Ci, and he is even better than the blue in terms of work, I don't know if this matter is true?"

Song Qing didn't want to explain, he didn't want to take care of the affairs of the Criminal Department, and at the same time, he didn't want to care, he just wanted to investigate the death of Qin Xiaoyue and others now, and then bring the murderer to justice.

"Lord Huang, Song didn't see anything in the scene just now, and he didn't know anything, and now Song just wants to make a handover and then solve the case, it's as simple as that."

"At the same time, even the emperor Song Duzong has to play crickets, how can the lower officials interfere in your affairs?"

Huang Zhushui laughed, he could see that this Song Qing had obviously chosen to be soft and be a criminal officer, but he was not his opponent as the director after all.