Chapter 623: The curtain opens
Through Lai Dazhi, Song Zheng knew that the little emperor Xiao Ying had been to the Empress Dowager's Palace early this morning to read the infinite hellfire. Song Zheng knows the relationship between Xiao Ying and his mother. Because the dead ghost is clear and Huang Jiao is not clean, Xiao Ying is full of resentment towards Huang Jiao, and the relationship is very bad. Even if the mother and son discussed state affairs, they replaced them with letters. This time, Xiao Ying went to the Queen Mother's Palace in person. It is not difficult for Song Zheng to imagine that the reason why Xiao Ying trusts Xiao Tong so much should be that Huang Jiao once said something to Xiao Ying.
"Childe, what's wrong with you?" It was Cai Yong who stepped forward.
"Nothing." Song Zheng waved his hand and walked towards the courtyard. Cai Yong stared at it, and just now he saw Song Zheng limping, why did he return to normal in the blink of an eye?
Song Zheng didn't explain anything to Cai Yong, and asked rhetorically, "Is Commander Mu back?" What's the news over there in Yingchang Fancheng? Before Song Zheng left Jiangning, he asked Cai Yong to go to Henan Road to recall Muyu first, and go to Fancheng on the return trip. The former commander of the Imperial City Division of Taiping Prefecture, Ping Xizhi, is a native of Fancheng.
"Commander Mu and Commander Yuan are in the conference room, and Fancheng has really found some unexpected situations."
Song Zheng nodded and entered his room.
As the right supervisor, Song Zheng has a separate private room of more than ten square meters. In the imperial city, a place where every inch of land is valuable, Song Zheng's treatment can be regarded as very high, almost the same as that of the six servants.
After taking a seat, Cai Yong immediately reported to Song Zheng the harvest of the trip to Fancheng. According to Cai Yong, there is no surname Ping in the entire Fancheng, but there is a family surnamed Xi, which is quite influential in the local area. According to the local people, the reason why the Xi family prospered was because three of them worked as errands in Jiangning. One is in the Tai Hospital, named Xi Caozheng, that is, the Xi Tai Doctor who usually serves by Xiaotong's side; One is a soap official in Jiangning Mansion, and this Cai Yong has already implemented it; There is also a person named Xi Pingzhi, and the locals don't know what he does. Flat habits. Song Zheng muttered. He is now almost certain that this Ping Xizhi is Xi Pingzhi. According to the materials found by Song Zheng, Ping Xizhi, Huan Xing, and Ge Zhao, the general of the city guard army stationed in Dangtu, formed a complete vein. In other words, the entire Taiping Prefecture is the sphere of influence of the Guogong Tong.
In addition to the Half Moon Valley in Xuanfeng Town, Xiaotong's hidden forces were once again exposed in front of Song Zheng. Unlike Half Moon Valley, Taiping Prefecture is located on the western flank of Jiangning City, and the threat to Jiangning City is great. What hole cards do you have? Song Zheng was surprised, but also secretly guessed.
Seeing that Song Zheng was silent for a long time, Cai Yong asked, "Childe, what else do you have to order?" ”
"Call the Commander Wood." Song Zheng now urgently needs to discuss with Mu Yu how to deal with the current situation.
A moment later, Mu Yu walked in, sat on the chair opposite Song Zheng, and looked at Song Zheng in a daze.
"What's wrong, Commander Wood? I have flowers on my face? Song Zheng said with a smile.
"You still have the heart to joke, it's rare!" Mu Yu smiled bitterly and curled the corners of his mouth, this action was somewhat similar to Song Zheng.
"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge." Song Zheng said with a smile, "At this opportunity, if you are a group of harmony, you can't do anything." ”
"Since you say so, I won't advise you anything. What's next, have you figured out a strategy? ”
"Well, the Holy One means that he still acted according to the original plan, but he also specially wrote a note to pull the criminal department, and I went to discuss this matter with Yu Wuji after a while. Including the deputy capital of the water, he must also be accompanied by a criminal department Langzhong, if he wants to make a move against a certain governor in the north, he can be regarded as having a famous person to cross and compete. ”
Xiao Ying did write a note for this, and the formal title is Zhongzhi. Unlike the formal edicts, the edicts did not need to go through the secretary and the superintendent (i.e., the menxia province of the Tang and Song dynasties), but were passed directly to the courtiers who wanted to inform them. For the current Xiao Ying, the formal holy decree needs to be sealed by the Queen Mother. Therefore, Xiao Ying picked up the magic weapon of Zhongzhi. The decree also represents the will of the Divine Will, and under normal circumstances, no courtier dares to disobey it.
Mu Yu let out a long breath, "I'm relieved that you can think of this." Otherwise, those concertos alone can drown out the right division. The Right Division is originally a freak, and from ancient times to the present, no dynasty has such great authority as the Right Division. Although we are generally open-minded, it does not mean that they can tolerate the emergence of such institutions. ”
Song Zheng secretly thought, you naturally don't know how developed the factory guards of the Ming Dynasty were in later generations, and even how the ministers were happy with their wives and concubines. Daqi is a right division, and what is it.
"How are the deputy commanders doing in the north?" Song Zheng turned around and asked about Shui Ding's situation.
"When I came, the deputy capital of the water had just left Henan Road and went to Shandong Road. There are two major border troops on Henan Road, Tokyo Pass and Luoyang Pass, and the local garrison is too closely connected with the local government, including the personnel of the Right Division, all of whom are involved with the garrison. After I consulted with the deputy commander of the water, I did not move the head of the right division in the garrison assembly area. It's just that the commander of the right division of Tangzhou in the southwest of Henan Road was dismissed. As for the local officials, although we have a lot of information, we have not taken action, and we are afraid that it will be difficult to clean up. Well, this time, with the Holy Lord's decree, as long as the officials sent by the Criminal Department cooperate. The water vice is easy to use. ”
"Well, that's a sound bet." Song Zheng nodded. Mu Yu is old enough to plan the country, and he is also quite scheming, although Shui Ding is a close minister of the emperor, but he can listen to Mu Yu's persuasion, which is rare.
"Lian Shui'er's news, Yuan Rong got it through Su Chan." As soon as he finished talking about the situation on Shui Ding's side, Mu Yu immediately changed the topic and said what Song Zheng had been wondering about, which made Song Zheng quite stunned. Song Zheng also knew that Mu Yu was worried about what he was dissatisfied with Yuan Rong, so he deliberately explained to himself.
Mu Yu didn't intend to hide Song Zheng either, and when Yuan Rong was mentioned next, he was already called "Rong'er". The relationship between the two is also obvious. Song Zheng secretly thought, fortunately he didn't have any thoughts about Yuan Rong, otherwise, he would really be sorry for the partner in front of him who was also a teacher and friend.
However, when Mu Yu said that Su Chan was now dedicated to being a kabuki, Song Zheng snorted lightly. Mu Yu said helplessly, "I know you don't have a good impression of Su Chan. But this woman is also a poor person. Now that Jiang Kui has run away, she has no backer, and Rong'er is her most important support. Oh, I forgot to tell you that Wang Ji's story was what she told Rong'er. ”
"Is there such a thing?" Song Zheng was a little surprised, no wonder Yuan Rong would have news from Jiang's mansion, it turned out to be revealed by Su Chan.
"Rong'er said, Su Chan is quite fond of you. Because you are cold to her, she has complained in front of Rong'er more than once. Speaking of this, Mu Yu couldn't help but smile. The dignified right supervisor is the first of the two champions of civil and military affairs, and he looks good and has a good demeanor, which is indeed very pleasing to girls.
Commander Mu laughed. Song Zheng secretly thought, this is a bad deal. He has always had no good impression of Su Chan, but simply thinks that his singing voice and piano skills are good, so he invites friends to eat at Yuhualou and invites Su Chan to play a song.
"You're very blessed." Mu Yu chuckled, "Rong'er said, as long as you are invited, even if Su Chan has an important date, he will refrain from it and go to accompany you." ”
Song Zheng thought about it, as if as long as he was invited, Su Chan agreed to come down, and he didn't miss the appointment. With Su Chan's talent and fame, it is impossible to wait for her all the time, but she can come and go as soon as she is called. In this way, there is indeed a slight difference. It's a pity that he is purely listening to songs, and he basically doesn't even look at Su Chan.
Despite this, Song Zheng did not have the joy of being loved by a beautiful woman. He has always disliked women who are too scheming, but Su Chan's initial impression of him is that kind of person. In Song Zheng's mind, there has been no change.
"Why are you talking about Su Chan?" Song Zheng shook his head, "Let's talk about it." I did find Lian Shui'er in Yongxu Lane, and not only that, but I also found a very special middle-aged man......"
As Song Zheng narrated, Mu Yu's face became grim again.
"You went to Yuanzhou this time, and at the same time, you are also investigating the details of Lian Shui'er?"
Song Zheng nodded, "Lian Shui'er's surname is Shui, not Lian, nor Che, is Lian Yu's sister." ”
When Cai Yong saw Mu Yu, he had already been ordered by Song Zheng to inform Mu Yu of the agreement between Song Zheng and Duan Jian, and Mu Yu naturally knew that Lian Yu was the current Left Division Punishment Envoy, which was equivalent to Mu Yu's current position in the Right Division Criminal Department. However, Song Zheng is still accustomed to calling him the Commander of the Wood.
"When you say that, I remember. At that time, there was a tiger general under the account of the marshal Han Zhong, named Che Yongfu, who was the right envoy of the city guard. After the fall of Han Zhong, Cha Yongfu was also implicated and imprisoned, and the whereabouts of his son are unknown. This Lian Yu should be the descendant of Che Yongfu. This would explain why he hated both Xiao Hui and Huang Yuandu so much. ”
"Well, in order to take power, Xiao Hui and Huang Yuandu had a large-scale party fight against each other in the early years of Zhengyuan, and Xiao Tong should have taken the opportunity to gather a lot of people, which may be one of the reasons for his high reputation." Song Zheng thought of this, and couldn't help but admire the means of Xiaotong again. Xiao Hui and Huang Yuandu eliminated dissidents and gave Xiao Tong the opportunity to buy people's hearts.
This kind of work in the snow can naturally be exchanged for loyal subordinates. Maybe Lian Yu's position is too important, and the Guogong Mansion made Lian Shui'er again, making her pretend to be Lian Yu's sister, and let the two of them have an "indecent" thing, and they firmly controlled him. Although this method is shameless, it can be called first-class viciousness.
"What does the Holy Lord think about the matter of Half Moon Valley?" The little emperor's kindness to the right division is the source of the right division's current strength, and Mu Yu is also concerned about Xiao Ying's opinion.
"Don't mention it!" Song Zheng sighed, "I just mentioned that there are elite soldiers hidden in Half Moon Valley, but I didn't expect the Holy Lord to simply interrupt me and ask me to stop taking care of the affairs of the Guogong Mansion and just focus on making a name for Yousi." Last time, he said that I would touch the bottom of the Guogong Mansion, but this time I won't even mention it. I can't figure out what the Queen Mother and the Emperor said this morning, and actually asked me not to investigate the matter of the Guogong Mansion anymore. ”
Mu Yu also fell into deep thought, and after half a cup of tea, his body moved, and he suddenly smiled, "I may have guessed the intention of the saint." ”