() "So I have to go to the household department to verify several things, and the current household department is ......" Wei Yaoqing nodded her forehead, she rarely did anything related to the household department, so she didn't care about the changes in the household department this year.

"After the new emperor took office, there were personnel changes in several ministries, the old Hubu Shangshu has returned to his hometown, and the new Hubu Shangshu surnamed Zhao was transferred after His Majesty took office." Pei Zongzhi said.

Wei Yaoqing asked him: "Then do you know the background of this Lord Zhao, and may have come into contact with people who are familiar with him?" ”

Pei Zongzhi's eyes looked over, and after being silent for a long time, he said, "This Lord Zhao is from Jinling. ”

Jinling? Could it be ......

"He is from Jiangnan Shuyuan and is a student of Mrs. Pei. Since Pei Xingting came out of office, he has been promoted a lot, and after the previous Hubu Shangshu returned to his hometown, after several setbacks, it was Pei Xingting who finally won, so the Hubu was taken over by Lord Zhao. After saying this, Pei Zongzhi supported his chin with one hand, and turned the empty teacup in his hand with one hand, "I didn't think of this layer before I took Zhang Xie to Pei's house." ”

So, isn't this called God helping me?

Things went so smoothly that she couldn't imagine it, as if luck was still on her side. Thinking of this, Wei Yaoqing had the urge to cry: first it was the matter of General Huang, and then it was just in time for Pei Xingting to open up his political career, and the matter of the Zhang family appeared in front of people in a posture that she could not imagine.

"Pei Xingting will give it to me." Since the Pei family is mentioned, Pei Zongzhi will naturally not refuse, let alone come forward by him, it will be easier for Pei Xingting to explain.

After saying a few more words, Wei Yaoqing nodded and got up to leave, but did not enter the palace immediately, but walked in the direction of the yamen of the ministry.

……

It's getting hotter and hotter in May, and it's a little upsetting. Wang Xu hooked his fingers and flipped through the file, although he was looking at the file, he was a little absent-minded. Today, Jiang Zhongze and Di Fangxing rushed to interrogate Li Xiuyuan early, deliberately guarding against him and Cui, which always made people a little indignant. By the time they arrived, Li Xiuyuan had already been put in prison and sent someone to look at it. From beginning to end, he didn't even catch Li Xiuyuan's face, what is this called?

The officials of the ministry said it nicely, but it turned out to be avoided and avoided, so it was better to ...... Wang Xu's gaze skimmed over the two jailers carrying food boxes over there, and it was not as good as the jailers who delivered the food.

Sensing Wang Xu's gaze, Wei Yaoqing, who followed behind the cell head with a food box, frowned slightly, thinking that he had been sensed that something was wrong, but Wang Xu just glanced over here and looked away.

It really scared her! Wei Yaoqing quietly changed the food box to one hand, concealed her slightly stiff movements for a moment, and followed the cell leader in the direction of the prison.

He stepped into the prison after following the head of the cell, and a faint smell of blood came to his face. Wei Yaoqing lowered her head and rubbed her nose, but she didn't dare to speak, she hadn't heard the voice of the jailer in Yirong, so it was not appropriate to speak casually.

The prison of this ministry is much larger than that of Chang'an Mansion, about the same size as Dali Temple, but the cells are a lot less, because each cell looks very empty.

Every prisoner imprisoned here is an official of the DPRK and China, and there is even no lack of important ministers of a country, and his status is extraordinary, so naturally this "treatment" is not better than that of ordinary people. There was no exit to the cells on either side of the cell, except for the small window at the top half a foot high, because it looked a little dim, and the light inside the cell came from the torches on both sides.

There were two guards guarding the room at the very end, tall and difficult to get in and out. It seems that this is the cell where Li Xiuyuan stayed.

Walking up to the two jailers, the cell boss said, "Open the door, we're here to deliver food." As she spoke, she turned around and took the food box she had been carrying all the way in her hand and opened it.

The two jailers took out the silver needles they were carrying, tried them and did not change color, before turning to open the cell door behind them.

Wei Yaoqing noticed: There are two locks on this prison door, and it should be one for each of the two people, guarding this door. It seems that Jiang Zhongze is indeed very dedicated to this matter.

After the door opened, he saw a person tied to the stake inside, and it was not true to say that it was tied, because he did not firmly tie the person's limbs to the stake with chains like ordinary suspects, but although his hands and feet were locked, the chains were extremely long, and they were loosely dragged on the ground, and Li Xiuyuan sat on the bed inside, closing his eyes and saying nothing.

The cell boss put the food box in front of him and walked out with her.

Wei Yaoqing couldn't help but look back at Li Xiuyuan twice.

Probably her action was so obvious that the cell boss glared at her, but also explained: "Look at what! The Great Heavenly Master is so angry that he doesn't bother to talk to us! ”

No wonder Li Xiuyuan didn't make a sound, and the cell boss was not surprised. Wei Yaoqing's gaze swept over the two solemn and solemn jailers, and then followed the cell boss out.

When she got out of the ministry, she walked quickly to the night food shop where she had met with Pei Zongzhi and Zhang Xie before, but when she arrived, Pei Zongzhi and Zhang Xie had not left, and the boss was grabbing a handful of melon seeds, talking to the two people, and the shells were piled high.

Seeing her go and return, everyone was stunned.

However, Wei Yaoqing didn't have time to wait for them to ask, so she startled everyone when she opened her mouth: "Find a way to inform Di Fangxing that the officials have tortured Li Xiuyuan, and I don't know if he is dead." ”

What the? Pei Zongzhi was the first to react, didn't ask more, just nodded and strode away.

Wei Yaoqing breathed a sigh of relief, found a stool and sat down, Zhang Xie handed over a cup of tea, and she drank it all.

The boss watched her drink the tea in amazement, and woke up like a dream: "Wei Tianshi, I thought you were gone, it turns out that you have gone to the yamen of the Ministry of Officials after eating a melon seed!" Why didn't you say it at the time? Do you want to come back to Di Fangxing? ”

Wei Yaoqing glanced at him and got up: "Temporarily disguised." I don't know the jailer's voice, and besides, if it's going to be debunked on the spot, will I still be able to walk? Naturally, I will go first. ”

She didn't forget that she had to go back to the palace, otherwise the jujube cake would be exposed.

The boss spit out a melon seed shell and looked at her with a wrinkled face: "Master Weitian, it's really not easy for you." ”

Those who lay down were more tired than those who were standing.

"That's a lot of nonsense!" Wei Yaoqing waved her hand casually, "Brother Xie will leave it to you for the time being, I'll leave first." ”

"Oh." The boss nodded blankly, and when she left, it was like looking back at the little boy with a calm and thoughtful expression beside him, and reached out and grabbed the melon seeds and put them in front of him, "It's still very early for them to come back after their errands!" Silly boy, I'm in for a treat, you knock slowly. ”

He's not stupid! Zhang Xie said in his heart, and after a moment of silence, he grabbed the melon seeds on the table and knocked them up. But there are some things that he really can't do now.