This is Gu Peiqing's first time in the court, in the splendid hall, eight golden pillars carved with dragons support the top of the hall, and the top of the hall is painted with various mythological figures, vividly. The officials wore official uniforms with different patterns according to their ranks, and stood neatly, with a total of six columns and more than 30 rows. The four columns on the left are civilian officials, and the two columns on the right are military attachés, leaving an aisle in the middle.

The eldest prince, the second prince, the fourth prince and the fifth prince stood under the emperor's dragon chair, facing the hundred officials. There is also a low wooden table and soft chair under the emperor's dragon chair, and the wooden table leg stool is engraved with various dragons, auspicious clouds and flowers, Gu Peiqing knows that it is a special seat for the prince of Sichuan, but the prince of Sichuan is only interested in having fun, and he only goes to the court once or twice a year, and the seat is empty all year round. Taizhi Pavilion Liuxiang stands at the head of the six columns, holding an ivory wat board.

Gu Peiqing stood in the corner at the end of the hall, alone in a column, the disadvantage of standing at the back was that there were some old ministers who spoke very quietly, he couldn't hear it clearly at all, the dynasty was over, and he was still in a state of semi-daze.

Following the flow of people Gu Pei Qing walked outside the palace, the two old ministers Gu Pei Qing who walked in front of him didn't know each other, but the sound of their chats was louder than the voices of those who spoke in the palace, and all kinds of news went straight to Gu Pei Qing's ears.

"I didn't expect that there was a problem with the silver handed over in the west, and the county order in the west, especially in Juting County, wasn't it the most trusted Tangjing in the Holy Lord? Now that this problem has occurred, the saint is estimated to be angry enough, and the Taizhi Pavilion has to discuss countermeasures overnight. ”

"I didn't expect the young man of the Su family to be so capable, so he took over the enshrinement and liquidation, and found out the problem so quickly."

"Su Xian, he used to be a hanger, but suddenly he changed as if he was a person, if my grandson said this to him, it would be good to change."

"Among the younger generation now, the most regrettable thing is Wu Yueran, who writes good articles, but it is not his turn to be promoted."

"I see, the most pity is the princess's colt."

"Speaking of Princess Jueya, didn't she have a bad relationship with General Zhang Xiao?"

"What is General Zhang Xiao, didn't the Holy Lord just announce that he had become the right leader of the city protectors? What a wonderful hand the Holy One has. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"The Zhang family fought on the battlefield, and there were several generals, and half of the soldiers and horses in the country of Cangzhi were under the orders of the Zhang family, and these troops were stationed at the border passes, which was quite important. The daughter of the Zhang family is the biological mother of the eldest prince, the real concubine, although she died young, the Zhang family has always been the strongest backing of the eldest prince. Zhang Yu's performance in the south was praised, and the voice in the army became higher and higher, but he was left in the city, on the one hand, to reduce the influence of the Zhang family on the border army, and reduce the possibility of the eldest prince raising troops to rebel; On the other hand, the garrison of the city has been strengthened, and the second prince of Chen Guo is not going to send an envoy to our country to negotiate, with Zhang Shen Ling, with his ability, he will be able to protect the safety of the second prince of Chen Guo. ”

"What kind of prince raised troops to rebel, be careful of your mouth, no wonder you haven't moved for ten years, can you say such things outside here?"

The two hurriedly opened the topic and chattered about some other things, Gu Peiqing listened all the way out of the palace gate, and got much more information than standing in the main hall to observe.

Just out of the palace gate, the carriages and sedan chairs are neatly arranged on the official road, which is quite magnificent. The officials got into their own carriages or sedan chairs, some went back to their homes, and some went back to the place where they were on errands, in an orderly manner, Zhang Yu's carriage stopped in the most conspicuous place, he poked his head out, and when he saw Gu Peiqing, he beckoned and signaled him to come over.

"You're walking very slowly." There was no complaining in his tone.

Gu Peiqing didn't get into the car, but said, "I'd better go back first and bring all the things I want to bring." ”

"No need, Ah Ye is all ready and put into Zhang's mansion. Li Gongzi, I also arranged a place for him to live, you both live in the east wing of my house, I will send you to the Ministry of Rites first, and when you are gone, we can start investigating the disappearance of the defense map two years ago. ”

"You don't go to your consulate, but you can send me to the Ministry of Rites in your spare time."

Zhang Yu sneered and said, "I'm just a right staff leader now, it doesn't matter if I go or not, and it's not the time for me to behave." ”

Gu Peiqing didn't answer, he knew in his heart that Zhang Yu, who was usually like an iceberg, said this to him, which meant that the relationship between the two had eased slightly.

The Ministry of Rites is a busy time, and in another ten days, the second prince of Chen Guo will arrive at the city with his mission, and the wedding ceremony of the Lord of Qi and Wu Yueran will also be held twenty days later, the emperor means to do it according to the specifications of the princess, the Ministry of Rites is like a melee at this time, and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu An Lin Ye finished dividing the tasks before remembering the central figure of this recent topic Gu Peiqing, thinking that Gu Peiqing is not familiar with the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, and now he can't take anyone to take him, An Lin Ye gave him a few books on the etiquette and sacrifice of the royal family of Cangzhi Country, By the way, he was given the task of being the liaison of the second prince of Chen Guo, and he was sent away hastily.

Gu Peiqing held the books and got into Zhang Yu's carriage again.

"I thought there would be some kind of welcome ceremony," Zhang Yu glanced at the books and continued, "Lord Gu's focus now might as well be on our case. ”

The carriage began to move, Gu Peiqing threw the book to the side, and said, "Then it's better to start now, and ask Counselor Zhang to tell me about the situation at that time." ”。

Zhang Yu took a deep breath, slowly looked up at the roof of the carriage, and slowly put his eyes on Gu Peiqing, looking at each other, and he began to tell the situation at that time. "The southern defense map was originally placed in my father's room, and his military defense map would be locked in a wooden box, but he thought that I should learn military defense at an age when I should learn military defense, so he told me the code of the nine sub locks that locked the wooden box. That day, I opened the wooden box and took out the southern defense map to see, in fact, I shouldn't have taken the defense map out of his room, but I wanted to show Xin Zhe, so I quietly took it out. I put the arming map in my study and asked Tong'er to call Xin Zhe over, I waited in the room, and it didn't take long for Tong'er to tell me that Xin Zhe was out. I originally wanted to wait for Xin Zhe to come back in the study, but at this time Fei Ming came to me, she asked me to enjoy the flowers in Jinghu, and I put the defense map in a booklet and went out. When I came back, Xin Zhe and Tong'er were practicing swords in my courtyard, I went back to the study and took out the defense map and called Tong'er and Xin Zhe to observe and discuss together, they are the two people I trust the most. Fei Ming came to me again in the evening, although she was a three-legged cat, but the light skills were not weak, and did not alarm the guards in my house, she left again after talking in my study for a while, at that time I was thinking about going to propose tomorrow, and I didn't pay attention to when the arming map disappeared, but the next morning, I couldn't find the arming map on the desk. ”