When Xiao Ying returned from the Empress Dowager's Palace, the sunset was full of sky, and the red light in the sky was sprinkled, which covered the entire palace city with a layer of gorgeous colors.

Song Zheng didn't think how beautiful this scenery was, the vermilion palace gate, the raised red wall, and the shower in the red glow of the sky, no matter how you look at it, it looks like it is stained with blood.

In Song Zheng's eyes, Miyagi is a big cage, the people in it not only have no freedom, but also rack their brains and sweat to calculate each other, the most magnificent place in the world, covering the ugliest and dirtiest evils, but he didn't expect that the friendship between him and Xiao Ying was also bathed in the red light of Miyagi, let alone that the mother-son warmth that Xiao Ying had just obtained in his heart had made him and Song Zheng have different opinions on some things.

Song Zheng saw a smile on the corner of Xiao Ying's mouth, thinking that Xiao Ying had gained a lot in the negotiation with the Queen Mother, but he didn't care.

"Holy Lord, the Queen Mother's old man's health doesn't matter."

"It's not a big deal, it's just that the spirit is not very good, and it will be better to raise it for a while." Xiao Ying sighed lightly, and then ordered Qian Man's cabinet to light the sandalwood.

The thick aroma rose, and Xiao Ying took a strong breath: "Come, Master Song sit down, I'll let someone pass the meal, let's talk while drinking."

Xiao Ying likes to eat with Song Zheng very much, and when other ministers come to Xizhai, they all tremble, only Song Zheng talks and laughs as usual, just like ordinary people's friends, Xiao Ying cherishes this friendship very much.

The dishes were put on the table, the wine came up, the cabinet full of money filled the two with wine, and they stood aside, Song Zheng was not polite, the food in the palace was naturally more exquisite than the Song Mansion, Song Zheng's index finger moved, and he ate a lot, Xiao Ying was also young and strong, and the amount of food was not bad.

When she was half-full, Xiao Ying raised her glass: "Come, Master Song, I congratulate you on coming back safely with this cup."

The emperor toasted, Song Zheng of course had to continue, after the two drank a glass, Song Zheng began to narrate the experience of the envoy to Shu, from the initial assassination in Zigui, to the Fengjie Chengjiang head couplet, to the Chengdu Mansion Wuhou Temple Wendou, until the last Qingcheng Mountain.

This road is constantly exciting, which attracts Xiao Ying to applaud from time to time.

Of course, if you really want to say it in detail, I'm afraid I can't finish it when it comes to dawn, in many places, Song Zheng has only a few words, even so, he still said it for a whole hour, and he drank seven or eight pots of wine, and Xiao Ying was half drunk.

"Okay, Master Song, you entered Shu alone, and you did such a big thing, which can be regarded as saving Shu for life!" Xiao Ying was helpless, and she only hated not being able to experience those things with Song Zheng.

"If the Holy One is a minister, he should do better than the minister."

Xiao Ying pointed at Song Zheng and said with a smile: "You also coax me with these words."

Song Zheng laughed: "The Holy Lord's planning center, I have to settle Xijing, I don't know how much harder it is than the minister, although the minister has encountered some dangers this time, but he has to see the magnificent scenery of Bashu, travel the mountains and rivers, and sing every day, it is indeed nothing."

"Hugh is going to say it again, is it really gluttonous?" Xiao Ying smiled, and finally put down the wine glass: "Little nobleman, take the things down, let someone bring some tea, and you can also go and have some food."

After withdrawing the banquet and driving out the other little eunuchs who were waiting, Song Zheng knew that the little emperor was going to say something private to himself.

"Then how did Jiang Kui die?" After drinking two sips of strong tea, Xiao Ying's eyes regained their clarity.

"This is exactly what the minister wants to report." Song Zheng deliberately omitted Jiang Kui's section when he narrated, and with Xiao Ying's intelligence, he knew Song Zheng's unfinished meaning.

"Speaking of which, the most dangerous time for the minister was not on Qingcheng Mountain, but when he had a secret meeting with Jiang Kui." Thinking that he broke into Longtan alone, Song Zheng was still a little afraid, if Jiang Kui was desperate to kill him at that time, he might not be able to escape.

After a stick of incense, Xiao Ying was already stunned by Song Zheng's statement: "I didn't expect Jiang Kui's guy to come from like this, no wonder he wanted to be involved in Lang Boyan's rebellion case, now it seems that even if he was not discovered in Jiangning at that time, he would have defected."

"Exactly." Song Zheng sighed: "This guy can be regarded as a hero for a while, it's a pity!" Born ahead of one's time. ”

"He wasn't born at the wrong time, but he met Master Song." Xiao Ying smiled and suddenly asked: "In the past two years, there have always been rumors that Jiang Kui stole the information of Shuguan, which led to the defeat of Han Zhong that year, is this so?"

"The information was transmitted by Jiang Kui, and it is not false, but it was not he who stole the information, but someone gave him the information."

"Who, it won't be Uncle Huang."

Song Zheng shook his head: "No, he mentioned a person, but it's just ......"

"Just what." Xiao Ying's face turned cold: "No matter who it is, he actually did such a big rebellious thing, causing tens of thousands of casualties to my soldiers, this person should be cut with a thousand knives."

"If what Jiang Kui said is true, it should be cut with a thousand knives, but the minister doesn't know if he is talking nonsense, and deliberately puts the minister together."

Xiao Ying became a little impatient: "Who the hell is it!" Song Shi didn't want to swallow and spit out. ”

"If Jiang Kui is talking about the grandfather of the country, will the saint believe it?"

"What, old man, how is it possible." Xiao Ying exclaimed.

"I don't think it's likely, so I don't believe it at all." Song Zheng was extremely resolute.

"What a scourge, and I have to bite back when I die." Xiao Ying snorted angrily.

Song Zheng hurriedly said: "The minister also reprimanded him like this, and refuted him speechless on the spot."

Xiao Ying scolded two more sentences, and said with some hesitation: "Master Song, do you think it will really be the old country's official work?"

Song Zheng was amused in his heart, but his face was extremely grim: "The old man is highly respected, he will not do such a thing."

Xiao Ying looked at Song Zheng's face carefully: "I don't believe he did it, but when it comes to Han Zhong's matter, it's really a bit troublesome now." After talking about today's affairs in the court, Xiao Ying said: "Master Song, you say, how can you find a reason to rehabilitate Han Zhong."

"It's not that hard." Song Zheng pondered for a moment and said: "The saint can directly say that he received a secret report from his minister, saying that Jiang Kui admitted the matter of Tongshu before he died, so it is logical to review Han Zhong's case."

Xiao Ying nodded: "That's very good, Master Song, you are the person I value the most, why don't you check it out."

Song Zheng was stunned for a moment: "Holy Lord, the minister is only Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites now, it doesn't seem appropriate to investigate Han Zhong's case."

"Let you investigate the case, and naturally give you a new job, how about Zuo Sidutong."

"Go to the left division."

"Yes, it's been half a year since Duan Jian disappeared, and Zuo Si is actually under Huan Xing's control, so in my opinion, it's better for him to be an honest supervisor."

Xiao Ying has always been not very interested in Huan Xing, last year Huan Xing from Taiping Prefecture Zhizhou, directly became the supervisor of the left department, which shocked many people's eyes.

Song Zheng is indeed very interested in the position of Zuo Si Dutong, Han Zhong's case is easy to say, the key is that Shen Huaqing is in the hands of Huan Xing, as long as he catches him, the 280,000 taels of silver that Huitong Commerce and Trade Bank was wronged will also be recovered from him.

"Han Zhong's case is just a pretense, I asked Master Song to go over because I wanted Master Song to keep an eye on the affairs in the army." Xiao Ying also did not hide her original intention: "In the past six months, the army has changed too much, and the control of the city guard army and the capital guard army has changed, I am not very relieved."

Song Zheng hesitated for a moment: "The bad habit of empty pay in the army has been due to a long time, if you really want to investigate, I'm afraid no general will be able to avoid it."

"Yes, those who go down are hateful, but those who rise up are not necessarily clean." Xiao Ying sighed slightly.

Xiao Ying took advantage of the empty salary to do it, not only because of anger, but also to remove the influence of the prince as soon as possible, but this change was too drastic, and many things came later Xiao Ying couldn't help herself, Huan Xing reported a pile of materials about empty salary, coupled with the prodding of the prince and the queen mother, forcing Xiao Ying to raise the machete frequently.

The Queen Mother and Xiao Tong seem to be for Xiao Ying's good, to help him control the army as soon as possible, so that Xiao Ying is not easy to say, even Xiao Ying believes that Xiao Tong and the Queen Mother are to stabilize their throne, but such a large-scale dethroned general, Xiao Ying is always uneasy.

"The minister is willing to lead the post of the commander of the left division." The emperor's words have been said here, and Song Zheng is too hypocritical to pretend again.

"I know that Master Song will help me." Xiao Ying was very happy.

Song Zheng touched his nose and smiled bitterly: "It is the duty of a minister to be loyal to the saint, but I am afraid that the queen mother will not agree, and her old man's perception of being a minister does not seem to be very good."

"Don't worry about this, I will go and tell the queen mother, as long as Han Zhong's case is not too widely implicated, the queen mother will not say anything."

"Weichen knows in his heart, Han Zhong's case is aimed at rehabilitation, as for accountability, the culprit Jiang Kui has been ambushed, and there is nothing to chase anymore."

"Okay." Xiao Ying laughed and said: "When Master Song sends away the Shu envoy, I will immediately take office, and handle Han Zhong's case beautifully, so that everyone in the world will take this breath, so that someone will not scold me for being a faint king."

"The Holy One is serious." Song Zheng breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and also pondered in his heart, today Wang Zhaogeng proposed to rehabilitate Han Zhong, Xiao Ying quietly refused, presumably soon there will be rumors in Jiangning City, saying that the emperor does not want to rehabilitate Han Zhong, and this has led to multiple versions, Xiao Ying does not want to stand on the opposite side of public opinion, so let Song Zheng come forward, preside over this matter, and at the same time gain prestige, but also push Song Zheng out, compared to Wang Zhaogeng, Xiao Ying is indeed willing to share this credit with people close to him.

After deciding on this matter, Xiao Ying felt a little more comfortable, and finally, Xiao Ying mentioned the matter of the field: "The field between Qi and Shu, the queen mother's suggestion is to only set up one on the Shu side, and we don't need to set it up here in Daqi, just like we and the Jin country, I told her for a long time, but she gave me a lecture."

Song Zheng secretly scolded the old woman who had an affair with the monk in his heart, but he was helpless, although Huang Jiao now ignores the court, but she controls the regime, which makes Xiao Ying shackled.

After saying this, it is time for the palace gate to be locked,