"A few days ago, someone from the household department came and asked for our map, but it didn't take long for them to send a new one, and it was the adult himself who accepted it this morning, did the adult forget?"

The little official didn't know that Zhao Ming was deliberately making excuses to excuse himself, but he really had a bad memory, and reminded him very intimately, but found that his face had changed greatly, and he looked very ugly.

"Okay, you can step back first." Shi Zhengzhi tried hard to hold back his smile, and beckoned the official to hurry down, so as not to make the scene difficult to clean up for a while.

"It turns out that the things are still there, according to Lord Zhao's reaction, this king still thinks that adults are embarrassed. Presumably, the adults also remembered it after being reminded by this little servant, otherwise it would not be the expression of Fang Cai, what this king said is right? ”

After working hard for a long time to pull out such a long list of words, just for the last justifiable refusal, who would have thought that the stage would be demolished by his own family. Su Jingye also felt extremely funny, and looked at Zhao Ming, who was a little blind, with a playful expression.

Zhao Ming was stunned for a moment, and unconsciously gritted his back molars, very hateful, he didn't even pay attention to the appearance and name of the little servant.

"Or did Lord Zhao forget where to put it before he excused himself like this? But it doesn't matter, as long as you call the little official just now, you must be able to find it smoothly. ”

Shi Zhengzhi also echoed on the side, and Su Jingye quietly turned his head to look at him, wanting to remind him not to pull the official into the water, after all, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge is not what they have always done.

Touching his eye instructions, Shi Zhengzhi knew it in his heart, but it was a pity that what he said just now was too fast, and it was too late. But fortunately, Zhao Ming was thinking of a new excuse, and he was thinking about Shi Zheng's words about helping him find the map, so he didn't pay much attention to what he said.

"It stands to reason that Lord Wang and Lord Shi have come to borrow the map in person, so I am naturally embarrassed not to give it, but this matter is not big or small. Xia Guan is just a mere Jing Zhaoyin, if there is no instructions from His Majesty, Xia Guan will not dare to lend it at will. ”

"Although Lord Ren of the household department treats people coldly, he still has a good temper, you might as well go to him and Lord Shi to try their luck, Lord Ren is the most reasonable, and he will definitely not shirk it."

Although the plan map of the capital is also a kind of confidential document, it is not explicitly stipulated that it is not allowed to borrow it when the internal officials of the imperial court need to use it. Therefore, Zhao Ming's words can be said to be cautious, or it can be said to be a pretext to play.

"Aren't you talking nonsense? If we could go to Lord Ren, we would have gone a long time ago, and we would have to waste our efforts here with you. Shi Zhengzhi had been made full of anger by his vain appearance, and immediately gently patted the arm of the chair and said angrily.

"Lord Ren is unwell, and officials are not allowed to disturb him at will unless he is summoned by His Majesty every night. Just for His Majesty's concern for Lord Ren, do you think that after we went, if it really affected Lord Ren's recuperation, how should this merit be commented? ”

"If his health is really bad to this extent, then he should have resigned and returned to his hometown as soon as possible, why is he still holding such a high official position here." Zhao Ming deliberately excused himself as an excuse to excuse himself, but when he really mentioned him, Zhao Ming couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied in his heart, after all, people who received special treatment were always extraordinarily blushing.

So as not to let Su Jingye and Shi Zhengzhi, who were present, hear it, Zhao Ming muttered half quietly, half heartily, so that they only caught a few words.

Su Jingye heard some of Zhao Ming's muttering, but he couldn't even say a sentence, and he didn't know what he meant, so he took advantage of Shi Zhengzhi's conversation with him, stood up and went to the only bookshelf in his room.

"This king also knows what Lord Zhao is worried about, and he doesn't want Lord Zhao to be embarrassed, but the matter is urgent, can't Lord Zhao really be accommodating?"

Zhao Ming wanted to refuse stiffly, but when he saw Su Jingye start to flip through the books on his shelf, he couldn't help but be stunned and didn't dare to speak.

"Lord Zhao's collection of books is really varied, there are everything, the last time I came over, I saw Lord Zhao's Siku book is particularly interesting, I don't know if it's still there."

Su Jingye said as he flipped through the books on the shelves, picked up a few and put them back in place, and so on, over and over again, looking at Zhao Ming for a while, he was afraid that he would be angry with his collection of books.

Shi Zhengzhi sat in his position, and he didn't know why Su Jingye acted like this. I saw Su Jingye flip through a few books, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he picked up the Siku Quanshu that was thicker than a brick.

"It turned out to be here, Lord Zhao actually moved it over, and I was worried that I wouldn't find it."

When Su Jingye read the book before, when he said that this book was particularly valuable, Zhao Ming kept an eye on it.

After all, the previous collection of books was just for the appearance and fame of the book, just to collect more ancient books, and after Su Jingye's reminder, Zhao Ming moved the book to his room, planning to take the time to take a look, so as not to brag to others in the future and have nothing to say.

It's just that he didn't want to fall into Su Jingye's hands by mistake like this today, Zhao Ming couldn't help but be a little worried that he would take advantage of the fact that he didn't borrow the map today to go online and take this book for himself.

"Lord Zhao refuses to borrow a map, so this Siku book can't be considered a secret after all, right? I hope that Lord Zhao can be generous and let this king watch it for a while. ”

As Su Jingye spoke, he was already holding it in his hand and flipping it, Zhao Ming was anxious and wanted to go down to stop it, but because there were too many calligraphy and painting books around him, he didn't dare to act rashly, so he could only sit on the small couch with a sigh.

"It's just that the light here is too dim, and it doesn't seem to be clear enough." Su Jingye sighed, and walked to the candle with the book in his hand. "It's just right here."

The distance between the infusion and the candle flame was getting closer and closer, as if it was about to burn in the next second, and between them a faint thin smoke had begun to slowly fly.

"The prince is merciful." Zhao Ming couldn't help it, and hurriedly climbed down from the couch, Su Jingye pretended to be puzzled and asked, "What's wrong?" Could it be that Lord Zhao has something to disagree with? ”

In order to avoid hurting the calligraphy and painting, he accidentally rolled under the bed, which startled Shi Zhengzhi, who looked at him with an embarrassed description, and was curious and funny in his heart.

Hearing this, Zhao Ming turned over and stood up, even if he was wearing underwear and acting indecently, he had to maintain his demeanor at all times. After pretending to clean up like this, Zhao Ming cleared his throat and said seriously.

"Xia Guan just figured it out, the map is a complete trivial matter, the prince is His Majesty's brother, how could His Majesty not allow it to be borrowed? The lower official asked someone to find out the map and give it to the prince with both hands. ”

The voice landed, and the next Ren who was waiting at the door really went to the next room to find the map. It wasn't until Shi Zhengzhi was holding the map in his hand that Su Jingye took the book away from the candle.

"Thank you Lord Zhao for your generosity, then let Lord Lao Zhao go with us on this trip." Su Jingye had a successful smile on his face, and he looked at Zhao Ming stunned, and he was angry.

"Wouldn't it be nice if the prince took the map? Why do you want to go with you? ”

"Speaking of which, this king is for the good of Lord Zhao." Su Jingye took the heavy Siku Quanshu and slapped it on the palm of his left hand one by one, and every time he patted it, Zhao Ming's heart trembled.

"There is a woman in Yangcheng who was kidnapped and left in the capital, and now she is in a building in Yanliu Lane. This is a big case involving the relationship between the two cities,"

That book was too heavy, Su Jingye gave up and continued to dance, but he still held it in his palm and never let go, after all, for Zhao Ming, this book was equivalent to a hostage.

"If Lord Zhao doesn't go over to deal with it personally, if this matter spreads, then the people of the two cities will directly know about it, and it will be too late to block the news at that time."

"Even if this matter has been intervened by the official and the prince, the duties of the official and the prince are not here, and it is not justified to say that it is not right, or Lord Zhao went to the past. Justifiably. Shi Zhengzhi also echoed Su Jingye's words beside him, and jointly put pressure on Zhao Ming.

"Besides, this kidnapper actually dares to be under the jurisdiction of Lord Zhao, and still has the courage to do such a traitorous thing, which shows that he has never put Lord Zhao in his eyes, why don't Lord Zhao take this opportunity to stand out and play a good role."

This remark hit Zhao Ming's heart, Zhao Ming hated others the most for not taking him seriously, and Su Jingye's agitation just touched the pain in his heart.

"Good!" Zhao Ming glanced left and right, walked to the table in front of Shi Zhengzhi in a few steps, and patted it lightly for bluffing.

"It's really unbearable, this thief has bullied us, how can this official, as the parent official of a city, tolerate this kind of thing rampant. The prince and Lord Shi waited for a while, and the lower officials came after freshening up. ”

Shi Zhengzhi watched him behave so exaggeratedly, and he couldn't help but have a disgusted smile on his face. Su Jingye put the book back in its place, and directly stepped forward and dragged Zhao Ming out.

"There's no need to be so troublesome, anyway, no one at night will pay attention to how Lord Zhao looks, put on this official uniform, just go with us."

Saying this, Shi Zhengzhi also helped tear off Zhao Ming's official uniform from the side, and the two of them walked out with him as if they were afraid that he would regret it. Zhao Ming looked frightened, he didn't want them to act so perversely, so that people had nothing to say.

Just half-forced to take Zhao Ming to the yamen lobby, Zhao Ming was dressed, looked at the two of them helplessly, waved his hand and ordered, and led a group of officials on duty to the direction of Yanliu Lane.