Lan Qianzhen immediately unsheathed his saber and handed it to the guards, while Lan Ziyi spread out his hand to show that he was not carrying a weapon. Indeed, since Lan Ziyi lost his sword when he was a thief, he no longer carried a long soldier with him, only hiding the life-saving knife that Tiemoxin gave him in the dark.

The guard received Lan Qianzhen's knife, nodded at Lan Ziyi, and then led the way for the two, and when they arrived at the door, another guard was replaced and the father and son were introduced into the door.

It was not the first time Lan Ziyi had entered the palace, nor was it the first time he had walked through the South Heavenly Gate, but this time he had a new experience. This may be because this time I want to enter the palace to face the saint, the last time Lan Ziyi entered the palace, I was also going to face the saint, and that time was in front of the palace to discuss the matter of begging for thieves. Lan Ziyi remembered that Taicheng at that time looked like a dark cloud pressing on the capital, which was so urgent that people couldn't breathe, and the black hole gate was like a huge mouth that devoured people, making people shudder.

Lan Ziyi didn't need to bear such a lot of pressure when he entered the palace this time, and Taicheng was no longer hideous in his eyes. With a lover, it is natural that people have the mind to observe, to observe more details that they have not noticed before. The red walls of Taicheng have been repainted, and the vermilion paint reflects the white marble railing, which is white and red, and the colors are distinct. The glazed tiles on the roof have also been replaced, and the golden yellow tiles cover the buildings within a radius of dozens of miles, like ripe ears of wheat pressed in the field, giving people the satisfaction of a bumper harvest.

Lan Ziyi walked slowly, carefully watching the surrounding scenery. He walked with his father on the red carpet, which stretched from the noon gate to the outside of the Nantian Gate, and then went inward all the way to the temple. When he entered the palace before, Lan Ziyi had never seen a carpet on the ground, could it be said that this was the habit of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Lan Ziyi thought so and walked forward at the same time, when his attention shifted from the top of his head to his feet, the touch of the soles of his feet came into his heart, the road under the carpet was not smooth, and he only felt potholes when he walked on the road. After perceiving the situation on the road, Lan Ziyi looked down again, and sure enough, the road surface on the square outside the noon gate was damaged.

It is not difficult to understand that the road surface is damaged, Taicheng has been built for more than 200 years, these two hundred years of wind and sun, rainforest frost, coupled with people coming and going, it is normal for the bricks on the ground to be damaged by the missing corners, there is nothing strange about potholes in such a large area, but Lan Ziyi has not paid attention to it when he walked before.

Thinking like this, the carpet in the palace should be to cover the road conditions, so when I wanted to go to see the scenery of Taicheng again, Lan Ziyi was a little more distracted, and I could find the problem when I went to look carefully, the paint on the wall was not evenly smeared, and some places were deep and shallow, and then I looked carefully and found that the different shades of color were the paint that would be repainted, and the palace wall as a whole was not all painted; The glazed tiles have only been partially replaced, and weeds are still growing in the highest corners of the roof.

Lan Ziyi was wondering how such a huge project as painting the palace wall could be completed in a few days just now, but now that he thinks about it, he understands. Taicheng was not repainted from beginning to end, the Internal Affairs Office only repaired Taicheng before the festival, and the ground was repaired because of the large amount of work to renovate, and the silver was nowhere to be found, and the Internal Affairs Office just laid out the red carpet.

Thinking about it like this, and then looking at the "new" Taicheng around it, Lan Ziyi just wanted to sigh, the white marble railing that was neat before had more dirt that was not cleaned at this time, and the red wall and gold tiles also turned gray and no longer had the same look as before, or the look was still there, but it was just urged out by taking the fierce medicine, adding a gorgeous flush to the patient's pale face. The gorgeous red halo really responds to the red wall of Taicheng.

Thinking of this, Lan Ziyi couldn't help but shake his head, Lan Qianzhen kept looking at his son from the side, his mind was not as delicate as his own, he didn't think of it so much, but he didn't intend to interrupt Lan Ziyi's thoughts.

The father and son walked towards the noon gate step by step, and many people had gathered at the noon gate, all dressed neatly in black gauze official robes. The emperor is not ready yet, and all the adults have to wait outside the noon gate first. Lan Qianzhen walked up to him and was about to bow his hand to the adults, but Lan Ziyi on the side stopped him, Lan Qianzhen looked at Lan Ziyi with a side face and asked:

"What are you stopping me for?"

Lan Ziyi smiled bitterly:

"Father, don't you look at your faces? If you do it and others don't do it, where do you put your face? ”

Lan Qianzhen looked at it when he heard this, and sure enough, the adults around him were all looking sideways at the father and son and sneering, their eyes were full of mockery, and none of them looked respectful. Seeing this, Lan Qianzhen also knew that the ministers couldn't tolerate himself as a general, so he had to put away his hand and laugh mockingly. Since he was not allowed to be surrounded by people, Lan Qianzhen naturally didn't want to take it much, he led Lan Ziyi to the side, but he didn't think that someone said at this time:

"Daigong and Weihou are so majestic, as soon as they entered the capital, they put Jingzhao Yin off their horses, and I don't know when the black yarn will fall off when I put on the top."

Lan Ziyi looked back when he heard this, but saw that it was the imperial historian Yang Zhi who spoke. The crowd that stood in front of Yang Zhi separated and stepped forward, arching his hand as if he had seen it, Lan Qianzhen and Lan Ziyi also saluted in return when they saw this, and Yang Zhi continued:

"Du Jingzhao has been imprisoned, I don't know which adult's top will be taken off next?"

Lan Qianzhen didn't speak when he heard this, he turned his eyes to Lan Ziyi, and Lan Ziyi opened his mouth to answer for his father:

"The only person in the world who can take off the crown is the emperor, and we can only show the hearts of the people to heaven as officials in the court, how dare we exercise power on behalf of the Son of Heaven? If you insist on counting the ministry of reaching the heavens as a top pick, only Lord Yang and your imperial history in the court have this ability, how can Lord Yang push this errand on the head of his father? This is a remiss of duty. ”

Yang Zhi didn't react too much, he said:

"Dereliction of duty?"

Lan Ziyi said:

"Of course dereliction of duty. There are actually chaotic people in the capital, Jingzhao is so derelict in his duties, Lord Yang, as the imperial doctor, does not know about impeachment, and he will not be brought to justice until he talks with Lord Shoufu at the dinner table yesterday. Now Du Ji is imprisoned in Lord Yang's yamen, I wonder if Lord Yang asked what he said? ”

Yang Zhi took the initiative to make trouble today in order to embarrass his father and son by bringing out the fact that Lan Ziyi was besieged yesterday, but he hadn't found a chance to speak, and Lan Ziyi had already burned the fire on him. Thinking about Du Yi's arrest carefully, it was indeed Lan Ziyi's side that had an advantage, and Yang Zhi couldn't get a bargain when he opened his mouth, so Yang Zhi replied:

"How to ask is my Yushitai's business, and asking what is the matter of me presenting the account to the emperor, this has nothing to do with Weihou."

Lan Ziyi smiled:

"Naturally, I don't dare to ask Lord Yang more about business, I'm just afraid that the officials will protect each other, and in the end, the big things will be turned into small ones, and Du Ji will be reinstated in a few days, and then my father and son will have a pot to drink."

Yang Zhi stole the chicken and touched a gray nose, his face was dull and he couldn't get off the stage, Lan Qianzhen saw that he had asked for sweetness, so he opened his mouth and said:

"The dog is used to being pampered, and he doesn't know how to deal with it, and he is offended, so I ask Lord Yang to forgive me."