The one who came out to speak was a royal history, and as soon as the words of the imperial history fell, Zhang Wenxian's face was even worse, and he looked at Weijun Gong Quartz sitting on the Jindun with a look of help.

Quartz is the great-grandson of the founding of the mighty county Wang Shi Shouxin, with a fair complexion, wearing a round-necked Confucian shirt, which does not look too luxurious, but also shows his identity. was just indifferent to Zhang Wenxian's distress gaze.

Sitting beside Quartz is Zhou Zheng, the prince of the country, and Bao Chao, the governor of the country; Far away from the three of them are Wang Tao, the right secretary of the Zhongshu Province, the minister of the king of the criminal department, and Qu Wen, the secretary of the military department, and Gao Yu, the captain of the dynasty.

These people are the most prominent figures in the court, but an old minister sitting in an inconspicuous corner, but did not attract the attention of others, this old man is wearing court clothes, kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and looks amiable, but if someone dares to despise him, I am afraid that this calculation will be wrong, this person is the famous official Yang Wenshi, who masters the merits and promotions of officials in the world.

Zhang Wenxian saw that Wei Jungong was silent, and then his face was like earth, and he kept begging Zhao Ji for mercy.

This grain depot was not directly under Zhang Wenxian, as the head of a department, these specific details have nothing to do with him, but now, this scapegoat can be regarded as solid.

After being silent for a long time, Zhao Ji suddenly spoke: "The fire in the grain depot is very important, this matter must be thoroughly investigated to the end, let's go down, Wei Jungong and Wang Tao stay, I have something to say." ”

At this time, Zhao Ji was surprisingly calm, neither had any intention of accountability, but also never mentioned the major impact, and waved his hand tiredly to drive the people in this pavilion out.

Everyone said goodbye one after another, Zhang Wenxian saw that Zhao Ji did not ask for the crime, but was stunned for a while, and after kneeling down, he walked out in embarrassment.

Waiting out of Wenjing Pavilion, these dozen officials are also distinct, divided into two ways out of the imperial city, Zhang Wenxian walked all the way, but he was puzzled, what did the official family mean today, there was such a big thing, why didn't he even reprimand? He was both happy and uneasy in his heart, and stopped in front of Chengde, but was stopped by Zhou Zheng and Bao Chao.

Zhang Wenxian walked over and saluted Zhou Zheng and Bao Chao, and said with a wry smile: "Grandpa, Master Bao." ”

Zhou Zheng nodded his head and held his hands, but he led the two people to the willow shade not far away, and sighed and said, "Master Zhang, are you thinking about why Wei Jungong didn't intercede for you?" ”

Zhang Wenxian hurriedly said: "Xia Guan has no such intention. ”

Zhou Zheng stopped, looked at the splendid palace in the distance, sighed slightly, and said: "This matter is too big, according to the meaning of the official family, exculpation and intercession will only harm you." ”

Seeing that Zhou Zheng was relieved, Zhang Wenxian no longer kept it, and said: "It's just that the behavior of the official family today is so that the lower officials can't see through it, obviously the imperial historians are already excited, why don't the officials say a word to the lower officials?" ”

Zhou Zheng smiled and said, "The official family is waiting." ”

"Waiting?" Zhang Wenxian is a stupid person, he seems to have thought of something.

Bao Chao on the side said: "What Grandpa means is that the official family thinks that the granary fire is not so simple, so he said four words to investigate it thoroughly." If this matter was not done by the chaotic party, Mr. Zhang's involvement would be lighter, so what Mr. Zhang has to do now is to think about it behind closed doors, and try to have as little contact with people as possible, let alone ask around for any news. As for the second one, it is to try to find out the officials in charge of the grain depot in the household department, which is of the utmost importance, and if Mr. Zhang wants to get through the current difficulties, he must find some clues from it. ”

Zhang Wenxian was dumbfounded when he heard this, and his words couldn't be more obvious, that is, the officials suspected that this was not the act of the chaotic party, and it was very likely that the case was committed by the household department itself, and it was a self-theft by the guards.

How is this possible? However, if the official family really thinks so, Zhang Wenxian can't help but breathe a sigh of relief, which proves that the official family still trusts himself, otherwise the first suspect in this prison guard stealing is himself. In fact, his household book is really a bit nameless, and he is said to be the head of a department, but his surname is easy-going, and the servants and principals at the bottom also have their own mountains, and the entire household department is a small circle of right and wrong, Zhang Wenxian's means are insufficient, and he is afraid of offending the predators behind these people.

After thinking about it, Zhang Wenxian suddenly rejoiced, if it weren't for his cowardice, how could the official family trust him, and after figuring out this section, he bowed to Zhou Zheng gratefully: "Wenxian understands, thank you grandfather for mentioning it." ”

Zhou Zheng smiled slightly and said, "You should go back to the ministry early, Master Bao, it is rumored that you recently got an inkstone from the Tang Dynasty, right?" Let's go, let's see. ”

Bao Chao suddenly said with his eyebrows fluttering: "Grandpa's nose is really sensitive, and I don't know which one leaked the news, okay, I'll ask my grandfather to taste it today." ”

Several horse-drawn carriages parted ways and disappeared outside the palace, and the midday sun sprinkled down, the ice under the eaves gradually melted, and the snow turned into ice water, and the red palace wall was already wet; In the majestic palace wall, Weijun Gong Quartz and Shangshu Youcheng Wang Tao were sitting upright, but they all looked calm and calm.

Zhao Ji suddenly stood up from the dragon's collapse, took his hands, and a pair of eyes fell on a poem framed on the wall, and muttered: "Asking what is the love in the world, it is easy to ask people for life and death, but I can't guess this person's heart, Shi Aiqing, I ask you, why are there people in the world who are so bold, eat the king's Lu, but don't think about repaying the service, for personal gain, even heaven and earth, the monarch's father dares to deceive, hum, am I so easy to bully?" ”

When this sentence was spoken, Quartz and Wang Tao hurriedly slid down from Jindun and said, "The minister is dead." ”

Zhao Ji sneered and raised his hand: "I'm not talking about you, you guys get up." ”

The two stood up and listened to Zhao Ji say: "The top priority at the moment is to stabilize the hearts of the people, the grain depot is burned, and the people will be panicked. ”

Wang Tao hurriedly said: "The minister obeys the order, but this is only to cure the root cause, and to cure the root, you have to transfer old grain from various states to Beijing." ”

Zhao Ji nodded: "This is also an urgent matter, I still have to think about it." In addition, the food and salary of the forbidden army must not be delayed, no matter how little food is, I would rather let the officials' rice be distributed later, and I should also stick to the side of the three ya, so that Gao Yu can be on the upper side, and it is necessary to stabilize the morale of the army. ”

Wang Tao said: "The official family didn't say it, stabilized the morale of the army, and the rest of the things can be slowly figured out." ”

Zhao Ji said again: "Shi Aiqing, I will hand over the matter of thorough investigation to you, this matter is too much to do, as the county prince, you can dispatch all departments in the center to act cheaply, no matter who has anything to do with this matter, the person behind this must give me an explanation." ”

Quartz said: "The minister does not dare not do his best. ”

Zhao Ji seemed to be a little tired, looking at the book on the wall for a while, Wang Tao and Master Quartz held their breath and didn't dare to speak, and when they came back to their senses, Zhao Ji was stunned and said, "Why are you still here?" ”

Both of them smiled bitterly and hurriedly said, "The ministers will retire." ”

The two hurriedly walked out of Wenjing Pavilion, and in Wenjing Pavilion, only Zhao Ji was left alone, and this figure seemed a little lonely, adding a little helplessness.

He suddenly had a whim, walked to the front of the imperial case, grinded it with his own hands, picked up the pen and rolled up a blank piece of paper, and hurriedly got up on the paper, and after a while, he threw the pen aside, looked at the ink on the paper, sighed, and shouted, "Come on, come on!" ”

Yang Jian, who was waiting outside the pavilion, hurriedly walked over and said, "Official." ”

Zhao Ji said viciously: "Where have you been?" Why can't I see people? ”

Yang Jian didn't dare to come out, he felt a little aggrieved, and the officials and ministers were discussing things, so he had been waiting outside and didn't dare to come in; This is the rule of the palace, the official family knows, at this time Long Yan was furious, I am afraid that Fang Cai's anger has not been vented, and at this time the ministers are gone, and they deserve to be unlucky.

Yang Jian didn't defend himself, but obediently walked in front of Zhao Ji and said in a low voice: "The slave deserves to die." ”

Zhao Ji sat dumbfounded for a moment and said, "I don't blame you, what are you dying." He suddenly sneered: "There are some people who can't be tolerated anymore, I told you before, I need a sharp blade, don't I?" ”

Yang Jian said: "Yes, Your Majesty did say this. ”

Zhao Ji sighed: "Originally, I wanted to wait a little longer, take a look again, there was still a trace of doubt in my heart, but now, I can't wait, you immediately take the decree to the Prayer Mansion, to announce my will, and then ask Shen Ao, what do he think about the fire at the grain depot." ”

Yang Jian's heart suddenly struck, and he suddenly had a premonition that the matter of the grain depot fire was not so simple, it had already spread in the streets, and they all said that it was done by the chaotic party, but looking at the means of the officials' disposal, it was by no means to search and inspect the chaotic party, that is, the forbidden army, and there was no call to go around to search for the chaotic party, could it be ...... Yang Jian understood, but pretended not to understand anything, his eyes fell on the imperial case, the ink on a piece of paper on the imperial case had not dried, needless to say, this was the official family just wrote the decree, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "The slave will do it." ”

But I couldn't help but think in my heart: "Shen Ao, Shen Ao, the official family needs a knife now, whether you have this opportunity or not, it depends on how to answer the questions of the miscellaneous family." ”

Jane is in the emperor's heart, how many people are red in the eyes and ears of these four words, but they don't know how difficult it is to do it.