The front yard of the prison of the Criminal Department of Kaifeng Mansion fell into an inexplicable embarrassing confrontation at this time.

Zhao Liang and his group were surrounded by the officers and soldiers of the Privy Council and the guards of the Criminal Department, and they wanted to leave but couldn't leave; And the soldiers and horses surrounding them did not dare to act rashly at this time, and they did not dare to catch them if they wanted to.

The two sides stared at each other with such big eyes, silently waiting for the backers behind them to come in time.

Zhao Liang walked up to Yang Zongbao and Yao Neng, and said in a low voice: "It seems that tonight's matter is going to be big, we have to prepare for the worst." ”

Yang Zongbao nodded, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Two brothers, no matter what happens later, you two will push the responsibility on me." Anyway, Zongbao has already violated the military regulations and left the front line without permission, so he will definitely not be able to escape the punishment of the imperial court, so he simply let me go alone, so as not to affect you. There is only one thing, Lord Yao, I hope you can try to thoroughly investigate this case and return the innocence of Miss Mu's family. ”

Yao Neng said in a deep voice: "Young Master Yang, you can't help but underestimate Yao. As I said before, even if you don't hold my lady hostage, as long as there is a grievance in the case, I will not stand idly by. Since it has reached this point tonight, there is nothing to say, just wait for the lawsuit in front of His Majesty. Don't worry, I will not only take care of it to the end, but I will never let you take the blame alone! ”

Yang Zongbao showed a look of gratitude and admiration, and said apologetically: "If I had known that Lord Yao was a good man, Zongbao would not have said anything to trespass into your mansion and disturb Madame." Please forgive me for any offenses. ”

Yao Neng waved his hand: "Come on, don't mention the past." To be honest, when it comes to heroes, who can compare to your Yang family? It is also because of your background that I am willing to believe that Mu Ling and they have been wronged, otherwise, in the absence of any real evidence, how dare Yao come out easily? ”

Zhao Liang listened to the conversation between the two of them, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but now is really not the time to make friends, so he said: "Just now, Lu Jinzhong and they sent someone to leave in a hurry, guess what, what did the other party do?" ”

"What else do you need to say?" Yang Zongbao snorted coldly: "Brother Zhao showed his name and scared this group of Xiaoxiao into a masterless, of course, he had to yell and ask the master for help." ”

Yao Neng asked Zhao Liang curiously: "Eh, Zhao Gongzi, the lower official has a question that I don't know whether to talk about or not." ”

Zhao Liang glanced at him and said with a smile: "You want to ask me if I am an eight-thousand-year-old brother, right?" ”

Yao Neng nodded embarrassedly, staring at Zhao Liang with his eyes firmly fixed. Zhao Liang smiled slightly: "When the little prince comes, you will naturally know." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the street outside the prison of the Criminal Department resounded from far and near with the noise of galloping chariots and horses. At first glance, it sounds like it can be a few hundred people, but for a while, the footsteps are chaotic and shouting and shouting.

This movement immediately attracted the attention of the people in the courtyard, and they all pricked up their ears to listen carefully. After a while, the door in the front yard of the cell was slammed outside.

Liu Jingye is the chief official here, and when he heard someone calling the door, he had to ask in his voice: "Huh...... Who is it? ”

"Eight thousand years old! Open the door! ”

"We are from the Criminal Department, our own people!"

"Privy Council Governor Chan is here, hurry up and open the door!"

Good guy, there was a chaotic scolding outside, and there were actually three people, and they were all masters that Liu Jingye couldn't provoke.

He hurriedly ordered his men to quickly remove the deadbolt and open the door to greet him.

As soon as the thick bolt of the bowl was removed, the heavy door was pushed open from the outside, and then hundreds of soldiers of different colors spread out along both sides of the doorway, each holding a knife and a gun, standing guard and solemn.

Although the front yard of the prison of the Criminal Department is very wide, there are already more than 100 soldiers stuffed here, and now more people have come in, and it suddenly seems crowded, whether it is Zhao Liang and them, or Lu Jinzhong, Liu Jingye and Shangguan Xueming, they all have to move inside vigorously, and in the end they are almost crowded together, not to mention how embarrassing the scene is.

After tossing for a long time, the courtyard and the courtyard finally stopped, and someone shouted: "Eight thousand years old is here-" Three figures walked into the gate, one in front and two accompanied by the left and right, slightly falling two or three steps away.

Zhao Liang fixed his eyes and saw that it was none other than Zhao Ming, the little prince who was holding the king's golden sword.

And the two officials beside him, both in their fifties and sixties, with black veils on their heads, purple robes and gold belts, must be Wang Lun, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and the other is Chen Yaosuo, the head of the Privy Council.

According to the rules of the imperial court, the king of Chu, known as "eight thousand years old", can be said to be above 10,000 people under one person, except for the emperor Song Zhenzong, he is the largest in the whole world.

What's more, he still has the golden mace given by the emperor in his hand, representing the imperial authority of "such as my personal presence", so as soon as everyone in the courtyard saw Zhao Ming, they immediately knelt down on one knee and shouted "Chitose Chitose Chitose." ”

Except for Wang Lun and Chen Yaosuo, as well as the palace guards standing on both sides, the only one here who did not kneel down was Zhao Liang.

This kind of standing out from the crowd was immediately seen clearly by Zhao Ming, and he rushed forward in three steps and two steps, and exclaimed with an exaggerated expression: "Brother Wang, are you okay?" My brother was late to save the car, and I asked for forgiveness. ”

As soon as these words were spoken, Shangguan Xueming almost fainted. I'm Nima, that's okay? You don't have such a fun game in the anti-wear game, do you?!

Zhao Liang saw that Eight Thousand Years Old took advantage of people's inattention, and secretly winked at himself, knowing that the other party had already understood the reason, so he was cooperating with the acting, so he nodded tacitly, meaning: Well, the acting skills are good, I am very satisfied.

At this time, an official behind the little prince Zhao Ming stepped forward and asked curiously: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who is this?" ”

"Oh, he's my father's concubine, my brother," Zhao Ming smiled, "His name is Zhao Liang." Lord Chen, come and see, how similar our brothers look. ”

Chen Yaosuo scolded in his heart: Like you big-headed ghost! The first king Zhao Defang was of good character, virtuous and self-denying, and he was only twenty-two years old when he died, and he only gave birth to such an unlucky son as you, when did he pop up with an illegitimate child again? It's clear that it's a mouthful.

However, such a question involving the royal family, as a foreign official, Chen Yaosuo is really not good to question in person, anyway, the main owner of the family is 8,000 years old, what else can he say? So he had to work with Wang Shangshu next to him to give Zhao Liang a salute.

After some polite greetings, the little prince asked: "Brother Wang, just now the Erbai Dao Elder came to tell you that you were ordered by this king to review the Yingtian army grain case overnight, but you were blocked by others for no reason, what is the reason for this?" Why don't you make it clear to them that this is the king's will? ”

Zhao Liang heard the meaning of Zhao Ming's words, of course he knew how to cooperate, and hurriedly pretended to be helpless and said: "It's all said, but no one is a bird, what can I do?" ”

"What? Not even this king? The little prince waited for Zhao Liang's words, and suddenly became angry: "Which bastard is the bastard, who is so rampant, don't you want to taste the taste of gold?!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Lu Jinzhong was fine, Liu Jingye was almost scared, and hurriedly explained: "Eight thousand years old is angry, and the next official is ...... Xiaguan ...... Xia Guan was also forced to be helpless. ”

"Say! Who forced you? The little prince rolled up his sleeves and shouted at Liu Jingye: "If you don't make it clear to this king today, we won't be done!" ”

Wang Lun, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was Liu Jingye's top boss, and he couldn't watch his subordinates carry the black cauldron, so he said in a deep voice: "Dedication, don't be nervous." As long as what you do is in line with the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, Your Highness will naturally not be embarrassed by you. Tell me, what's going on tonight? ”

Seeing the boss come forward to support him, Liu Jingye suddenly felt a lot more relieved, he groaned slightly, and said: "Eh, Your Highness, Lord Shangshu, Lord Chen, the situation is like this. A few days ago, the Privy Council notified the lower officials that the executions of the criminals in the Yingtian military ration case were imminent, and there might be accomplices who would come to rob the prison, so it was necessary to cooperate with the criminal department prison and secretly set up an ambush to wait for the thieves to fall into the net. I didn't want to be tonight, and Lord Yao, the director of the Gyeonggi Road Prison Department, suddenly came to the prison to interrogate the death row prisoner, but there was no official document to deliver it in advance, so that the deputy of the Privy Council, Lord Lu, thought that they were the accomplices of the criminal, so he ordered troops to besiege them. Xia Guan is the main hall here, and he has the responsibility of guarding, so he can only come out to ask Lord Yao for the official document procedures for arraignment, as for other things, I don't know anything, I'm just a prison watcher. ”

Wang Lun didn't know what was going on, but he was sleeping in the middle of the night, when he suddenly received news that the people of the Eighth Prince and the people of the Privy Council were working on their own territory. He was worried that the gods would fight and the little ghosts would suffer, so he hurried to the prison of the Criminal Department, hoping to stabilize the situation.

Now, when Wang Lun heard Liu Jingye say this, his hanging heart suddenly fell, and he said in a calm tone: "Oh, so that's the case." Until the situation is clear, it makes sense that you can only keep the prisoners for the time being, right, Your Highness? ”

Although the little prince was a little stunned, after all, he was also a reasonable person, and when he heard Wang Shangshu say this, he couldn't lose his temper again, nodded and said, "Oh, there's nothing wrong with that." Now that they have all figured it out, let's do it, the prisoner will still be taken away by Yao Neng and reviewed according to the law. ”

"Wait." Chen Yaosuo, who had been standing next to him without saying a word, spoke at this time: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate to do this, right?" ”

"Oh? What's wrong? The little prince tilted his head and said angrily: "Your Privy Council's hand is inevitably too long, and you are also in charge of the trial and judgment of the case, and the matter of setting up a bureau to arrest people, and now you even want to insert a bar in the review of the sentence?" ”

Chen Yaosuo was extremely depressed, and said in his heart: Damn, you still have the face to say that Lao Tzu is a handiman, don't you have to take care of everything? Where's the reasoning?

He sank his breath, suppressed the fire with all his might, and replied, "Your Highness is laughing. My Privy Council was in charge of the military affairs of the Great Song Dynasty, and I only cared about matters related to military affairs, and I was not interested in anything else. The Tianfu military ration case affected the overall situation of resisting the invasion of the Liao State, and the first complaint was the loyal army under the jurisdiction of our Privy Council, so it was natural to ask about this case. What's more, the facts of this case are simple and clear, Ying Tianfu's official businessman Mu Tiande and his daughter Mu Ling secretly exchanged military rations for personal gain, and the facts are there, it is not an exaggeration to say that they shook the morale of the army and interfered with the war, and even His Majesty has agreed to severely punish the profiteers. ”

Yao Neng's official residence is a third grade, although his position is lower than that of Chen Yaosuo, but as an official who mentions the prison, he is not afraid of the official authority of the imperial court, and he retorted when he heard this: "Lord Chen's words are wrong. I would like to point out that the Criminal and Prison Department is instructed to supervise and inspect the cases of all prefectures and counties, adjudicate and review them, and ensure that all officials enforce the law impartially and put an end to perverse indulgence, in order to clarify the rules and discipline and avoid the occurrence of unjust cases. Let me ask, does Ying Tianfu belong to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty? Is the theft of military rations a judicial case? Are the Mu family's father and daughter considered His Majesty's people? If the answer is yes, then why can't I ask the Criminal Division? Lord Shangshu Wang of the Criminal Department is also here, please tell me, can Yao manage it? ”

This series of cannon-style questions, Chen Yaosuo, who was suddenly stunned, was speechless, and Zhao Liang and Yang Zongbao listened to it and gave a thumbs up: Damn! Cow break! can be a sentence master who can be a three-grade person, and his combat effectiveness is really not to be underestimated.

(Author's note: Zhao Liang called from a space-time dialer, saying that he was too lonely in another time and space, and no one communicated.) Therefore, he asked me to say to all readers, if you have time, please leave more comments. ）