The group walked for a long time and finally came to the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials, after dismounting, Lan Ziyi handed over the reins of the horse to the Tao brothers, Tao Zhutu also wanted to follow up with Lan Ziyi, but was stopped by Lan Ziyi, Lan Ziyi said:

"Third brother, don't go, the officials will definitely not let you in, even if you let you in, you will be angry in vain, I'll go by myself."

Peach Chase Rabbit wanted to open his mouth when he heard this, but was pulled by Peach Chase Lu, Peach Chase Rabbit pointed to the faces of the officials who were guarding in front of the official department, and Peach Chase Rabbit had no choice but to laugh into the thought.

Lan Ziyi walked towards the yamen of the ministry, Du Ji was unexpectedly at the door, and when he saw Lan Ziyi coming, he took the first step to lead the way.

Lan Ziyi followed Du Yi into the ministry, bypassed the lobby of the ministry, and came to the back office. Lan Ziyi, who was introduced into the back office, breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that Zhang Mingyue has not planned to use the majesty of the court to sweep away his majesty.

Similar to the previous time when he was driven to the criminal department by King De, Lan Ziyi was introduced by Du Yi into a side room in the back courtyard, and after entering the room, Lan Ziyi saw that the room was full of copywriting and ink like a cabinet, and all the adults were sitting behind the case to work, and there were many officials walking back and forth in the house, passing documents.

In addition to the adults who had desks and offices, there were several people sitting on chairs in the room, one of them was the old face Shen Zhong, and there was an empty chair, presumably Du Ji's seat.

After entering the house, Lan Ziyi only owed Zhang Mingyue slightly, and didn't even make a fuss, but Zhang Mingyue smiled very politely, he sent someone to bring a chair to Lan Ziyi at the first time, and Lan Ziyi was not polite, and sat down directly.

After sitting down, Lan Ziyi asked directly, and he said:

"Didn't Lord Zhang come to talk about my merits, now that I'm here, how do you plan to determine my merits?"

Zhang Mingyue smiled when he heard this:

"Wei Hou's merit has been calculated yesterday, your merit on the expedition and your pretending to be King De's reward for silver are gone, what credit does Wei Hou have at all?"

Lan Ziyi said:

"Yesterday, this matter was not negotiated at all, and Father-in-law Yu did not agree."

Zhang Mingyue smiled:

"Father-in-law Yu was a little confused about this matter yesterday, but today he has agreed, so Wei Hou doesn't have to worry about it."

Lan Ziyi said:

"You said that Father-in-law Yu agreed with him? When did Lord Zhang's hands and feet reach into Taichengwei? ”

Zhang Mingyue said:

"Since Wei Hou doesn't believe it, why don't we make a bet? Today, I will discuss the merits of the Marquis, I will prepare a recital and submit it to the celebrant superintendent, if the two fathers-in-law have no opinion, they will approve the recital, and if the father-in-law has an opinion, he will reject the recital. Wei Hou waited and looked at the recital. It's just that I don't know if Wei Hou is willing to make this bet with me, what do you plan to bet on? ”

Lan Ziyi secretly bit his lip when he heard this, Zhang Mingyue's recruitment of him into the ministry today instead of the cabinet can already explain the attitude of the two fathers-in-law, and after the quarrel last night, it is impossible for Lan Ziyi to ask Father-in-law Yu to come out to help, at least not in the short term.

Lan Ziyi himself knows this, the reason why he brought Father-in-law Yu out was to finally gain a little advantage for himself, but now it seems that he can only make meat on the board today, and he has no advantage at all.

However, Lan Ziyi still didn't want to be arrested, he diverted the topic, pointed to Shen Zhong who was sitting on the side and said:

"Today is here to talk about my merits, what are you doing here? Do you want to frame me for raising money for private money, and my intention to rebel is not successful? ”

Shen Zhong didn't die after going to the Ghost Gate Pass yesterday, and his interest today is surprisingly good, and it can even be said that he and Lan Ziyi exchanged forms today, so after Lan Ziyi's questioning, Shen Zhong was not in a hurry at all, he replied slowly and leisurely:

"It's obvious that you've been framing me, but today you say that I'm framing you, it's really unbelievable! What if you are not suspected of rebellion, if you do not rebel, is it not considered that you have taken the credit of King De? It's not over, Marquis Wei! ”

When Shen Zhong finally spit out the word "Wei Hou", he deliberately lengthened his voice, and a villain's proud face jumped on the paper.

Zhang Mingyue, who was watching coldly from the sidelines, was a little disdainful when he saw this, but he still let Shen Zhong bite Lan Ziyi tightly. After Shen Zhong finished speaking, Zhang Mingyue also took over and said:

"Calling Wei Hou here today is to let Wei Hou sort out his own affairs, and Wei Hou doesn't have to be involved in Shen Langzhong."

Lan Ziyi said:

"What's the matter with me? Master Zhang said to hear it. ”

Zhang Mingyue smiled when he heard this:

"Wei Hou doesn't need to worry, now let's talk carefully."

After speaking, Zhang Mingyue turned his head to an adult at the table on the side and said:

"Master Chen, you are the military selection division of the military department, you come to tell you carefully about the mistakes that Wei Hou made on this expedition."

Zhang Mingyue opened his mouth and said that Lan Ziyi had gone on an expedition, Lan Ziyi was resentful when he heard it, he followed Zhang Mingyue's gaze and looked at the table over there, and saw the words "Chen Zhilian, the Military Election Division of the Ministry of War" written on the name plate. Seeing Lan Ziyi's gaze, Chen Zhilian nodded at Lan Ziyi, which was polite.

Then Chen Zhihuan flipped through the book on his desk and read:

"Wei Hou left Beijing on March 11 and led the team to be the striker on March 15, but is there such a thing?"

Lan Ziyi nodded and said:

"There is such a thing."

Chen Zhilian then asked:

"Wei Hou reported to the battalion that he was marching all the way, but why didn't he reach Jiangcheng until the beginning of April?"

Lan Ziyi replied:

"Since the beginning of spring this year, it has been raining everywhere south of the river, and it is not easy for me to fight my life to get to Jiangcheng, but you still have to ask me why I have walked for half a month, why don't you go by yourself and see how fast you can walk now?"

Chen Zhihuan lowered his head when he heard this, and did not answer Lan Ziyi's words, as if Lan Ziyi was not asking him. However, Chen Zhilian's silence does not mean that others are silent, and a person sitting on a chair immediately said:

"Military law, you should be beheaded if you miss the deadline, you are a handsome cavalry, and you actually walked for half a month to get to Jiangcheng, is this going out to enjoy the mountains and rivers or going out to fight? Lan Ziyi, do you have the heart to serve the country by suppressing thieves? “

Hearing this, Lan Ziyi turned his head to face this person and scolded:

"You don't have a backache when you stand and talk, the rain is heavy, the roads are muddy, and the horses have to fall into mud puddles with every step, and the road conditions are obviously horses riding people, where are people riding horses? I led 5,000 men to Jiangcheng on the 15th, and it was already very fast. Who are you, and what qualifications do you have to say anything to me? “

When the man who spoke heard this, he said:

"I am the imperial envoy of the imperial history of the right side of the imperial history platform, and there are other imperial histories in Beijing in the hall today. According to the Sunnah of Taizu, the Taizheng Imperial History is all-encompassing, and you are marching slowly, how can I, as the Imperial History, not ask clearly? “

When Lan Ziyi heard that there were many imperial histories here today, he scolded even more in his heart, and even the imperial histories were brought in, Zhang Mingyue would not let Lan Ziyi have a better time today. Knowing this, Lan Ziyi was nesting at home, and now Lan Ziyi really regrets listening to Li Minchun's words just now and coming to the ministry.

After the imperial history revealed his identity, Lan Ziyi was forced to sit back in his seat, even if he was only a layman among laymen who were talking now, but he was the imperial history, and he was qualified to impeach Lan Ziyi.

After the imperial history finished speaking, a person sitting next to Zhang Mingyue spoke:

"According to the books, the Weihou vanguard led the Dongji Tiger Battalion, with 5,000 soldiers and 10,000 horses, why are there only 2,000 left in Jiangcheng?"

Lan Ziyi looked back and found that the person who spoke was also an acquaintance, and this person was the left attendant of the Ministry of Ministers who went to the court that day. Lan Ziyi said:

"Lord Sun, I said that the continuous rain and humid climate are not suitable for marching. Dysentery is rampant in our army, horse plague is prevalent, people can't stand it, and horses can't stand this kind of weather, and it is not easy to have 2,000 war horses to follow me to Jiangcheng. “

At this time, another imperial history reprimanded Lan Ziyi and said:

"Horse plague is prevalent, don't you want to do anything as the main general? 10,000 war horses died 8,000, do you dare to say that you have contributed to it? “

Hearing this, Lan Ziyi turned his head and scolded the imperial history:

"I am handsome and forward, no one supplies grain and grass in the states and counties I pass through, the army is behind, and the luck is not good, I want to feed the horses, I want to build stables for them to shelter from the rain, but I can't even eat people's food here, what do I take to take care of the horses? There are war horse corpses everywhere along the road, do you think I'm not distressed? ”

Sun Wenzhi said:

"As far as I know, the prefectures and counties that this expedition passed, and all the prefecture and county magistrates tried their best to provide food and wages. I advise Wei Hou Mo to shirk his responsibilities. ”