Hearing Zhuo Qiaoniang's words, Leng Yi was even more uneasy, took her into his arms, and said in a low voice: "Qiaoniang, it's me who is not good and has wronged you." ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang snuggled up to him and said softly: "The official treats Qiao Niang so well, Qiao Niang should think about the official everywhere, where is there any grievance." ”

The two sat snuggled together. Leng Yi gently stroked her lower abdomen and said, "Why haven't you moved yet?" ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang blushed and said, "I don't know ...... either"

"I'll sleep with you tonight, and I must plant it!"

Zhuo Qiaoniang was ashamed and happy, raised her eyes to look at him, and said: "Since we want to let Luo's sister pass through the door, if we agree to start a family, we will make up for your newlywed cave house today, but we can't wronged her!" ”

"But ......"

"That's all!" Zhuo Qiaoniang stroked Leng Yi's tough cheeks, "Come and say Fang Chang, this kind of thing is not good overnight." ”

"Well, okay."

"You go and see Luo Yan, tell him the good news, and I will arrange for someone to propose marriage."

"Okay!"

Leng Yi came out and went straight to Cheng Luojie's courtyard.

Cheng Luojie was holding her sister Cheng Luojie's hand and talking, and Cheng Luojie cried like a tearful person. Leng Yi said: "What's wrong?" What is this doing? ”

Cheng Luoyan smiled and said, "My sister always says I'm sorry for me, so I say that I am a blessing in disguise." ”

Leng Yi smiled, sat next to Cheng Luojie, hugged her waist and said, "Okay!" You asked Luo Chang to do that yesterday, although it was Luo Chang who took the initiative to ask for it, but you agreed, it really shouldn't be, how will she marry like that in the future? ”

Cheng Luoyan glanced at him and said, "You still say!" My sister was already sad. ”

Cheng Luojie cried and shook her head, and said, "The official is right, I'm too selfish, just thinking about myself, I'm confused for a while." ”

Cheng Luoyan hugged her and said, "What are you talking about!" Sister, aren't we okay now? Brother Yi also agreed to marry me, and the old lady also agreed, isn't this what people want. ”

Leng Yi also said: "Yes, Jie'er, don't cry, otherwise you will become a big cat!" ”

Cheng Luojie smiled and slapped him lightly: "You are proud, you married two of us sisters at once!" ”

"Isn't that great, in the future, the three of us will sleep together, and you two sisters will serve a husband together, and I will also enjoy the blessings of all people."

Sister Cheng Luojie blushed, exchanged glances with each other, and suddenly pressed him on the bed together.

…… The Leng family sent someone to get married and gave a heavy dowry, and the family was naturally full of joy and agreed. Anyway, the merchant's marriage was not agreed, nor was he hired, and there was no problem of withdrawing from the marriage.

On the same day, the Leng family set up a banquet at home to give Cheng Luoxiang a gift. That night, the Cheng Luojie sisters really slept together, which became a common rule of the Leng family. Zhuo Qiaoniang and Leng Yi for half a month, and the remaining half a month was shared by the Cheng Luojie sisters.

On the second day of the wedding, Cheng Luoyan handed over a red and white handkerchief to Zhuo Qiaoniang and gave it to the old lady Sun. Naturally, Sun's grinning smile was won.

And this Luohong was actually left by Leng Yi that morning after deciding to marry Cheng Luoyan, he took advantage of Cheng Luo's new joy of rain and dew.

Another day passed, and Empress Hua Rui, who listened to the government, issued a decree and canonized Cheng Luoyan as the lady of the five grades. The Leng family was very happy. They didn't know that this was actually the result of what Leng Yi said to Hua Rui.

Newlywed Yan'er, Leng Yi did not stay more in Gentle Township.

He first took Li Changling to the office yamen of the Imperial Palace. Because the official family had already said before leaving, the trial court should be set up in the forbidden center, that is, in the palace. The palace is divided into two parts, the front is the office of some important yamen, and the back is the inner court where the emperor and his concubines live. And because this yamen was directly controlled by the emperor, it was located near the dividing line between the front and back parts. This is convenient for office work and easy to report to the government.

The place they chose was called Juying Palace, which was originally the place where the emperor met with the envoys of Fanbang, and this hall covered a wide area, in addition to the central hall, there were several houses, which were enough for them to open a yamen.

Leng Yi recruited the officials in charge of civil engineering construction in the Third Division and told them to rebuild this place and turn it into a yamen. It will be completed within one month. Prior to this, Leng Yi temporarily set up the trial court in front of his palace and commanded the Yamen.

Leng Yi transferred another 300 elite people from Sanyali to the Beijing Trial and Criminal Yuan, and another 300 generals and colonels, all from all over the country, and appointed them as the heads of the branches of the trial and criminal courts in the prefectures and counties where they were located, and sent them to various prefectures and counties to form trial and criminal court branches. He also instructed the three divisions to allocate funds for the construction of branch hospitals in various places in accordance with unified specifications.

At the same time, Leng Yi took advantage of the fact that he was the deputy envoy of the Third Department in charge of finance, and relied on the authorization of the officials to directly allocate a huge amount of funds for special activities to these generals and schools, so that they could set up a local intelligence network and collect all kinds of intelligence, especially the intelligence of local officials. Report to yourself regularly.

At the same time, Leng Yi also transferred enough soldiers from all compartments, armies, battalions, and all of the forbidden army to be included in the trial and punishment court, so that they could become the trial and punishment officers stationed in various departments of the forbidden army, and allocated a lot of money as activity funds to collect information in the army.

The generals and soldiers of the trial and punishment court formed by Leng Yi were all equipped with the military horses that were very nervous in the Song Dynasty, and they were uniformed in crimson military uniforms, and they were named "flying horses". The establishment is in accordance with the high allocation of the army.

After completing the establishment of institutions and staffing, the intelligence of various localities and various departments of the forbidden army was continuously reported, and after Leng Yi personally looked at it, according to the priority, he continuously reported important information to Zhao Guangyi, the emperor of the Northern Expedition. This move made Zhao Guangyi very satisfied, and ordered Leng Yi to be rewarded.

At the same time as the establishment of the trial and punishment court, Leng Yi asked Shi Shouxin to lead the forbidden army into the construction site to carry out construction. At this time, summoned people from all over the country arrived one after another, and Leng Yi asked these people to wear the clothes of the forbidden army to enter the construction site.

The news of the battle at the front kept coming, and as Leng Yi expected, the 200,000 Xiang army led by Zhao Guangyi was stubbornly resisted by the Northern Han army led by the famous general Liu Jiye (that is, Yang Ye, the father of the Yang general), and the battle was already difficult before it extended to the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty. The war is moving very slowly.

A month after Zhao Guangyi's personal expedition, Leng Yi completed the establishment of the trial court, and the forbidden army also successfully entered the construction site and began construction.

At this moment, Shen Lun posted a post and invited Leng Yi and his wife to participate in the family banquet the next day.

Leng Yi naturally wanted to participate. Anyway, it's resting. It's just that Zhuo Qiaoniang and Cheng Luojie didn't want to participate in such a banquet, but Cheng Luoyan, who was newly married to Leng Yi, was just like glue and didn't want to separate, so she followed Leng Yi to Shen Lun's house for a banquet.

After the two arrived, they learned that Shen Lun invited not only his family, but also Lu Duoxun, Chen Congxin, Cheng Dexuan, Song Qi, Zhao Pu and Xiang Gong. These are the powerful people of the dynasty. Of course, Zhao Pu and Xiang Gong can only be regarded as "former magnates", and since Zhao Guangyi came to power, they have stepped aside. However, in the Song Dynasty, which changed official positions in a hurry, who can say clearly that they will not come to power in the next change?

The banquet was held in the back garden of Shen Lun's house, and it was in a tent on the grass. This meant that it was a casual dinner and everyone was dressed in casual clothes. There were no attendants with them.

Now, it is the height of summer, the heat is unbearable, and the trees are constantly screaming, adding to the feeling of scorching heat. There was not a trace of wind in the air, and the air that came out was hot. A few of them sat in the tent, still feeling too stuffy, especially Lu Duoson, a big fat man, who was most afraid of the heat, so he proposed to move the banquet under the shade of the tree, and maybe there was a little cool breeze. And it can also be grounded.

So, the banquet was moved under the shade of a tree. Place on grass. Everyone sat on the floor. Drink wine and eat meat and chat. Although they competed for power in the imperial court, these people were still harmonious when they met each other. Brother-in-law.

By the afternoon, everyone was already drunk. Chu Zhaofu said: "The official family has been on the expedition for more than a month, and I don't know if it has advanced to the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty now?" Zhao Pu shook his head and said, "It's not that easy!" This time, all the troops led by the official family were van troops, and their combat effectiveness was very poor, and it was useless to have a large number of people. Although the army of the Northern Han Dynasty is only 20,000, they are all elites who have experienced a hundred battles, especially Liu Jiye, who led the army, can fight well and use soldiers like gods, coupled with the continuous sneak attacks of the Liao State, I heard that the official family has lost a lot of men and horses, but Taiyuan has not seen the shadow. Leng Yi said: "Yes, I have already given advice to the official family on whether to send a part of the forbidden army to reinforcements." But the official said no. There is no way. Lu Duoxun said: "Fortunately, the Liao State did not increase its troops on a large scale this time, but just sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, watching us fight the Northern Han, otherwise, the official family would be in danger." Song Qi said: "Okay, military affairs, it doesn't seem good for us to talk about it at the wine table." Let's not talk about it! The crowd nodded.

Shen Lun said: "Lord Leng's trial court was established, to be honest, we all sweated in the palms of our hands at the beginning, for fear that Lord Leng would be invited to drink tea by the trial court. However, in the past month, the trial court has not found fault except for reviewing death penalty cases. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Hehe. Leng Yi said with a smile: "It's not that our trial court doesn't find fault, but everyone doesn't have fault, I can't find bones in eggs!" And they all laughed: 'Yes.' Chen Congxin smiled and said, "Then we all have to be cautious, don't let Lord Leng catch the handle." Ludosun fanned the fan so hard that he was almost naked, wearing only a big pair of pants, and the fan in his hand kept fanning, muttering, 'Why is it so hot!' It's going to be hot! Zhao Pu was very thin and didn't feel too hot, he shook the fan easily, and smiled: "I don't think so, my heart is calm and naturally cool." ''I'm quiet, but it's useless!'' Lu Duosun shook his fan loudly, kept wiping the sweat on his forehead and neck with a handkerchief, and said: 'If anyone gives me a shady place now, I am willing to exchange my house with him!' It's so hot! And they all laughed. Shen Lun shook the folding fan and said mysteriously: "I know a cool place, very cool, but you don't know if you dare to go?" ''Where is it?'' Graveyards? Hot dead like a graveyard! ''Not a graveyard!'' Not much, almost. It was very shady, but I didn't go to the shade! When he said this, he immediately aroused everyone's interest. Zhao Pudao: 'Is there such a place? Where? Let's go! Shen Lun still shook the fan unhurriedly and shook his head slightly: "Forget it, don't say it, you won't dare to go." Lu Duosun was the most anxious, and said, 'Oh, you are so anxious! Say it! Let's go! As long as it can be cool, damn it, it's the underworld, and Lao Tzu has to break through! Shen Lun was still the same mysterious look, lowered his voice, lengthened his tone, and said, "Zhen-house——! As soon as they heard this name, except for Leng Yi, the rest of the people looked at each other and stopped speaking for a while.

Leng Yi hadn't heard of it, so he asked Cheng Dexuan, the envoy of the Dongshang Pavilion and the secretary of the Hanlin Chamber, who was sitting next to him: "What kind of place is this Zhen Mansion?" Cheng Dexuan said expressionlessly: "It's a ghost house!" ''Haunted house?'' Leng Yi frowned and said in a low voice: "How can it be a ghost house?" Cheng Dexuan said: "This mansion was originally the ancestral old mansion of a Hanlin surnamed Zhen in the fifth generation. This mansion is very bizarre, several people from the Zhen family disappeared inexplicably, and no one knows where they went. The most recent one happened more than 10 years ago, when our Great Song Dynasty had already been established. The missing lady was the old lady of Zhen's house, who was fine before going to bed the first night. The maid served her to sleep, and the maid slept in the small room outside. Two maids. However, when I got up early the next day, Mrs. Zhen was gone, and the quilt was neatly folded. However, Mrs. Zhen has been paralyzed for many years, not to mention folding the quilt, it is very difficult to get out of bed. The maid searched the house but could not find it. Hurry up and report to the master. The old man was in a hurry, so everyone searched all over the yard but couldn't find her, and asked the porter again, and all the porters in the inner and outer houses asked, but I didn't see the old lady come out. He reported to the official, and the yamen came to visit and questioned all the people one by one, but there was no result. I waited for a long time, but there was no trace of the old lady. Leng Yi was very strange, frowned, and said, "This is really strange. If it is a child or a woman, it is possible that it can be abducted and sold by human traffickers, but it is an old lady who has disappeared, and she has come to be paralyzed. I can't really figure out why I disappeared - could it be that some underground passage or something fell into it? Song Qi said: "Impossible, I was still working in Kaifeng Mansion at that time, I participated in the field investigation, and we checked the entire Zhen Mansion one by one, and did not find any suspicious places." There is no trace of the old lady either! ‘

(To be continued)