The night is not long, for ordinary people, a sleep is over, but for the officialdom, this night is destined to be a sleepless night, insomniacs do not know how many, and I don't know how many conspiracies and tandems are quietly carried out under the cover of the night, a strange tense atmosphere is permeated in the night sky of the Beijing Division, with the brightness of the sky, this tension has reached the highest point - the palace is forbidden, the eight gates of the Forbidden City are closed, the guard is tight, the inside and outside are completely isolated, and all the ministers are panicked inexplicably.

At three o'clock, the officials of the various ministries have already arrived in the ministry, but no one has the heart to work, and from time to time someone sneaks out of the office, peeping at the palace gate at the entrance of the palace gate, and some of them are bold to get to the palace gate, and in the name of wanting to go to the book, they handed over the invitation sign, but no matter who went to ask for the meeting, the answer was the same - not allowed! A group of officers and soldiers of the good hunting battalion who were on duty outside the palace gate did not even accept the signs, and directly drove all the invitees away from the cordon.

At the end of the hour, the holy decree was finally issued, saying that the holy dragon was slightly ill and must be cultivated, and that he would not go to court in the near future, and all kinds of people would be on duty, and they should not spread rumors in vain, and those who dared to speak out would be punished as a great and indisobedient crime. With such a will, people's hearts not only did not settle down, but became a little more chaotic.

What's going on? Could it be that the old man's dragon body is really not good? Shall it not be done?

Today, according to the practice of rotating duty, Hongqing should be on duty in the ministry, but he arrived in the ministry early in the morning, but found that Zhang Tingyu, who had always arrived early, was not in the office, and he couldn't help but be a little suspicious in his heart, and sent Li Minxing to send a few guards to inquire about the news, only to learn that Zhang Tingyu had already entered the palace, and Ma Qi also went, but Xiao Yongzao, Wang Luo and other scholars in the same column were all turned away from the palace, and even the third master and other brothers who planned to enter the palace to ask for peace were also not allowed to enter, this situation is obviously quite weird, Inevitably, Hongqing was a little suspicious, but he was not sure, no, in the time and space of his previous life, the old man lived to sixty-nine, and he had just passed his sixty-fifth birthday now, so he should not settle the account, but the difference between the previous life and this life is quite big, and Hongqing did not dare to make an assertion easily, so he could only force the irritability in his heart, and deal with daily official affairs in the office of the ministry.

"Lord Wang, Zhang Xiang is back."

Shen Shi is approaching, it is almost time to get off work, Hongqing is still tormenting in the office, but he saw Li Minxing striding in from outside, grabbed Hongqing's side in a few steps, and reported in a low voice.

"Oh?"

As soon as he heard that Zhang Tingyu arrived at the office, Hongqing's heart immediately jumped, and he hurried to ask about the root of the impulse When it was bigger, but his body was slightly raised, but he slowly sat back in his place. Hongqing didn't think that he and Comrade Lao Zhang could be familiar with everything.

"Look at it."

Hongqing frowned and thought about it, and finally decided to talk to Zhang Tingyu, there is no other, as the third generation of the most favored heavenly family, if you are indifferent to the old man's condition, how can it be unfilial, you still have to ask a question, even if there are some risks, it is better than not paying a blind eye, as soon as he thought of this, Honghong got up, and after giving a command, he raised his feet and walked out of the office, and went straight to the door.

"The prince is here."

"Xiaguan knocks to see the prince!"

……

Hongqing had just turned out of the office, and when he saw that Zhang Tingyu's office on the opposite side was already crowded with officials who were invited to see, not only the servants of the eighth and fourth masters, but also the people of the third master, and even the fifth, seventh, and twelfth masters also had subordinates here.

"What are you doing here? Don't you have to work anymore, huh? Don't quit yet! ”

Seeing that so many people were gathered here, Hongqing's face immediately drooped, and he didn't shout, but his eyes were as sharp as knives and looked around at all the people who were kneeling on the ground, and he scolded him unceremoniously.

"Wow!"

Hongqing's body was angry, and under such a scolding, the officials didn't dare to stay any longer, so they agreed in unison, and slipped away in a chaotic manner.

"Little knock to see the prince!"

After a group of noisy officials were driven away, several Goshkha, who were originally embarrassed by the noise, finally relieved their strength, and did not dare to lose their manners in front of Hongqing, so they all rushed forward and saluted together.

"Well, let's get even."

Although Hongqing was in an irritable mood, he would not embarrass these Zhang Tingyu's Goshha, raised his hand falsely, and already called out kindly.

"Thank you, Lord Longen."

In the face of the high-ranking Hongqing, the Goshha did not dare to be rude, and after thanking them in unison, they each got up, but they didn't dare to ask Hongqing's intentions, they all honestly stood with their hands down, putting on a well-behaved appearance of listening to Hongqing's instructions.

"This king has something to see Zhang Xiang, please give a voice on his behalf."

Hongqing didn't talk nonsense, and explained his intention straightforwardly.

"Lord Wang, please wait, the little one will go and invite Master Zhang."

Hearing Hongqing's order, one of his own goshha, who saw it quickly, hurriedly responded, turned around, and walked into the office quickly, and without turning his heels, he saw that Zhang Tingyu, who was full of tiredness, had already hurried out of the office.

"Xiaguan has seen the prince."

Zhang Tingyu's eyes were dark, obviously tired, but his spirit was still not too bad, and when he saw Hongqing standing proudly outside the office door, he hurriedly bowed and said hello.

"Lord Zhang is polite, Xiao Wang has something to ask you for, I wonder if Lord Zhang can be idle?"

Hongqing politely returned the salute and greeted him warmly.

"Lord Wang, please!"

Zhang Tingyu is an extremely exquisite person, and he knows what Hongqing's intention is here, and a trace of gloom immediately flashes between his eyebrows, but he did not refuse politely, but waved his hand and said respectfully.

"Lord Zhang, please."

Zhang Tingyu was invited, Hongqing was not very pretentious, smiled slightly, also waved his hand, and Zhang Tingyu entered the office one after another, and the guests and hosts sat down, and the Goshkhas who had their own attendants hurriedly served the freshly brewed fragrant tea, and retreated in a hurry, leaving only the guests and hosts.

"Don't hide it from Lord Zhang, Xiao Wang didn't sleep all night last night, tossing and turning, really scared, early this morning, I wanted to enter the palace to ask for peace, but I couldn't enter the door, I don't know if Huang Mafa is okay?"

For a shrewd person like Zhang Tingyu, Hongqing didn't want to make more detours, so he straightforwardly explained the purpose of coming.

"The saint occasionally has a slight illness, and there is no major problem."

Zhang Tingyu had long expected Hongqing's intention, but he didn't expect Hongqing to ask so directly, his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, and when he answered Hongqing's question, he was very cautious, and what he said was the same as the words of the holy decree, obviously he didn't intend to give Hongqing a truth.

"If this is the case, Xiao Wang will be able to feel at ease a little, Zhang Daren is busy, Xiao Wang doesn't dare to disturb more, Xiao Wang has a share here, please An excerpt, and ask Zhang Daren to forward it on his behalf, okay?"

Seeing Zhang Tingyu put on such a prevaricating posture, Hongqing knew that he had no hope of getting the slightest useful information from his mouth, so he didn't want to linger any longer, shook his hand, took out a yellow silk masked fold from the wide sleeve, held it with both hands, and handed it to Zhang Tingyu.

"Deserve it."

On the occasion of the holy bow violating the peace, it is the court's practice to ask for an excerpt, Zhang Tingyu will not have much objection to this, and he did not think much about it, he respectfully stretched out his hands, took the fold, and did not look at it, and directly put it into the wide sleeves.

"There is Master Lao Zhang, you are busy, Xiao Wang will leave first."

Hongqing didn't think that he could find out the truth from Zhang Tingyu's mouth, but he just wanted to express his concern about the old man Long Tikang, as for whether he got an answer or not, it didn't matter, since Zhang Tingyu didn't want to say more, Hongqing wouldn't go to do the disgusting thing that didn't leave, and when he saw that he had put away the fold, Hongqing got up, and after dropping a sentence of explanation, he walked slowly outside.

"Xiaguan sends off the prince."

Hongqing was leaving, Zhang Tingyu didn't say anything to stay, just accompanied to the screen, then turned back to the office, slowly walked to the back of the copywriter, lifted the hem of the robe, sat down, shook his hand, took out the invitation from the wide sleeves of Hongqing's previous invitation, spread it out, and after a careful time, he pondered silently for a while, and then picked up the wolf pen resting on the pen stand, took out a blank fold, and waved the pen to speed the book......

Is the old man sick or not? If so, to what extent?

After coming out of Zhang Tingyu's place, Hongqing didn't go to the next place, and went back to his office directly, but the suspicion in his heart was not less, but a little more, no side, Zhang Tingyu was too calm, whether it was in his expression or in his eyes, he couldn't see the slightest abnormality, besides, it was almost time to get off work, he went out of the palace, did not go back to the house directly, but came to the ministry, this is obviously a little wrong, but when it comes to what the wrong thing means, Hongqing will really be a little unable to see through it for a while, The already irritable heart inevitably became a little more annoyed......