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The morning sun crossed the mountains and rose to a height that could be seen through the courtyard walls, and the shadows accompanied by the warm sunlight shone on Zhou Yuan's noble boots.

The young man raised his head and looked at the rows of tiger guards not far from the mansion, the silent carriages, and the heads that poked out of the curtains, all of which were familiar faces.

Every single one, all familiar.

Each of them is a minister in the court, with high and powerful positions, and even the soldier who dared to defy the Son of Heaven, as well as the Ministry of Rites Shangshu, who had beaten him a lot of hands strictly, also came.

The whole court came.

All looking at him.

Zhou Yuan didn't let the door open for a long time, and Zhou Wuji narrowed his eyes, ready to ask, but at this time, a tougher voice sounded from behind:

"His Royal Highness the Prince, you used the Tiger Guards to surround the mansion of the three princes and put up such a battle, dare to ask what is the matter?"

A waiter from the Ministry of Rites who was good friends with Zhou Yuan couldn't help it, and walked out of the carriage and walked in from the road out of the way of the officers and soldiers, with two majestic eyebrows on his thin face, and looked at Zhou Wuji with deep eyes and asked:

"Privately using the guards of the imperial city to surround the mansion of a prince is a felony!"

"My lord, please pay attention to the fact that I have documents from the Ministry of War, and they are not for personal use."

"If you have a document, you can't do it, where is it written on the paperwork, you can use these soldiers to surround the house of the third prince, where is it written that you can wear armor that can only be worn on the frontier battlefield, and stand at the gate of a prince's mansion on a horse?"

This question is what everyone wants to ask, even the big man of the military department, as well as the always strict etiquette department Shangshu, and the adults who hid in the carriage and pretended to be dead, couldn't help but get out of the carriage or lift the curtain, and they all pricked up their ears.

They wanted to know what had happened to make His Royal Highness the Crown Prince send troops to line up against another prince in broad daylight, in front of the people of the imperial capital and hundreds of civil and military officials.

Zhou Wuji waited for this question for a long time, he tightened the reins and turned the horse's head, looked at the squire of the Ministry of Rites and also looked at the civil and military officials in the audience, and once again repeated what he had said earlier in front of his house:

"The reason is very simple, because I'm catching the spies of the Great Xia Dynasty! Those spies who disappeared from the Sword Pavilion and then disappeared inexplicably from the Imperial City! ”

"They are hiding in the courtyard in front of them!"

"You said I should go in and search!"

Bang!!!

These words, like a muffled thunder flashing in the powder magazine, instantly blew up the civil and military officials in the entire street and alley.

Including some ministers who knew half of the inside story, they were all shocked and silent.

And the Lord of the Ministry of Rites, who was standing at the front and facing Zhou Wuji most directly, also stood in place as if he had been struck by lightning, his lips were slightly pale, and he didn't know how to answer.

The spy of Great Xia is in the courtyard of the third prince Zhou Yuan, whether Zhou Wuji can go in and arrest him, this question cannot be asked at all, because even if it is not Zhou Wuji, it is any citizen of the Great Zhou Dynasty, regardless of whether he has the approval of the Ministry of War or not, he should have the right to enter the palace to arrest people, because it is a spy of Great Xia.

Because that's a spy of Great Xia!

The thin waiter of the Ministry of Rites shook slightly, repeating this line of words as if his mind had exploded, and then looked at Zhou Wuji without giving up and asked:

"If it's to catch a spy, then of course it's okay, but I want to ask His Royal Highness the Prince, how sure are you that the spy is hiding in the mansion of the third prince?"

As soon as these words came out, he felt that he was simply stupid to the extreme, Emperor Zhou hated infighting, if Zhou Wuji, as the current crown prince, did not have a conclusive evidence handle, how could he rashly use the Tiger Guards to surround the courtyard wall of the three princes?

They don't know how Zhou Wuji knows, but they know that Zhou Wuji definitely knows.

So there is no need to search, the spies of Great Xia must be in this courtyard, Zhang Shunzhi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, figured this out, and could no longer withstand the pressure of Zhou Wuji's gaze, and retreated to the side with an ugly face. Then, Zhou Wuji turned his head.

"Open the door, it's no fun to drag it down, there are my people within a radius of ten miles, up to the void domain, down to the dragon vein, it is impossible for half of the thing to escape."

When Zhou Yuan heard this, he fell silent.

Obviously, he no longer had any reason to stop Zhou Wuji, so he could only open the door.

"Wait...... Wait a minute! ”

At this moment, a voice with a shrill voice, like a duck's croaking, sounded from the street not far away, and then a bright yellow palanquin hurried over, and from it came an old but blessed father-in-law, wearing a dark brown eunuch robe, squeezed into the crowd and ran to the door.

The audience looked at this father-in-law with solemn eyes.

Because everyone knows that he is the father-in-law of His Majesty's side, and when he comes, it means that His Majesty is coming.

"Spread the word to His Majesty!"

The father-in-law's voice shouted so loudly that everyone in the room could hear it, and the ministers, who were still hiding in the carriage, all stepped out of the sedan chair, looked at each other, and pricked up their ears with solemn faces.

After the blessed old man finished shouting, he panted for a while, and then pointed to Zhou Wuji and the minister behind him, and asked loudly, "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty has asked me to ask you, and to ask you. ”

“???????????????? Early in the morning, if you don't deal with the little government under your hands, what are you sitting in front of my son's mansion? ”

"Is it possible, do you want to have another court meeting behind my back!"

The ministers in the audience, including Zhou Wuji and Zhou Yuan, as well as those Tiger Guards, all knelt on the ground with drastic changes in their faces, and spoke in fear:

"Don't dare!"

"The old minister doesn't dare!"

"Erchen doesn't dare!"

"The subordinates don't dare!"

There were a lot of voices in a row, the titles were different, but they were very uniform, as if they had been rehearsed in advance, and they all coincided together.

No one dares not to answer this question in the first place, because they really don't dare.

Seeing this, the old man nodded with great satisfaction, and then shouted again at the top of his voice:

"I know you don't dare, so what are you still doing here, why don't you go back to business soon?"

"Get up, all scattered!"

The old eunuch imitated His Majesty's tone, and shouted these two paragraphs in an old-fashioned manner, and then stepped aside respectfully.

The whole audience stood up, and the officials who liked cleanliness or didn't like cleanliness fluttered their muddy official robes, and even turned around and climbed into the carriage, and the atmosphere in the room was strange and abnormal.

It seems that everyone is leaving, but no one is leaving, and everyone is stalling for time.

Seeing this scene, the old eunuch thought to himself that His Majesty was really like a god, and the bell had to be tied to the bell, so he came to Zhou Wuji and said softly:

"His Royal Highness the Prince, with all due respect, don't make trouble for Your Majesty at this juncture, the envoy of the Xia Dynasty's Demon Eradication Division is in the palace at this moment, you are making such a show in public, isn't this a joke for outsiders to see us!"

When Zhou Wuji heard this, his face was gloomy.

He never thought that at this last moment, it was His Majesty the Emperor who personally issued an edict to protect Zhou Yuan, and the reason was so impeccable that it could not be refuted, what could he do?

Could it be true that this great opportunity was put away?

"The Great Xia envoys are in the palace, if it is to care about the face of our dynasty, they should catch their spies!"

"Whether it is to increase the bargaining chips in the negotiations, or for the benefit of our dynasty, the justice of the law should be so!"

"What kind of ...... are you? It turned out to be Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, disrespectful and disrespectful! ”

The old eunuch turned around, saw the appearance of the person who spoke, and the prepared angry question could only be stuck in his throat, and then smiled bitterly, and stood aside and pretended to be dead.

The Ministry of Rites is the head of the Ministry of Rites, and it is the model of the heavenly officials, whose status is only below the prime minister and the national teacher, and this Lord Tan Yongzhi is often outspoken in the court, and repeatedly violates His Majesty's orders.

Now that even he has stood up, what can he, a eunuch who speaks for His Majesty, do?

No one spoke, and the Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, who was dressed in official robes, with simple eyebrows and eyes but a cold tone, was full of murderous intent as if he had hidden three thousand knives, and once again said to the civil and military officials in the streets and alleys:

"This is Da Zhou, it's our territory!"

"The Xia people can come, but they must come in accordance with the law, the spies are not in accordance with the law, then it is impossible to let them go, no matter who puts pressure on them, even if the fisherman of the Demon Eradication Division personally asks those people to go back, I will be the first to talk about Yongzhidu and not agree!"

"If Your Majesty wants them to go, don't you even listen to Your Majesty's orders!" In the crowd, a civil official in the court questioned loudly.

He has long been unaccustomed to talking about Yongzhi, this guy relies on himself to be a veteran of the two dynasties, so he often gives His Majesty problems in public, and he really thinks that he has nine heads to cut off?

Tan Yongzhi looked at the old minister who spoke, his face was as cold as frost, he was silent for a long time, did not answer, but turned his head to look at everyone again and shouted:

"If Your Majesty wants them to go, I will naturally let them go, but they can't escape from the Imperial City???????????????? Those who walk back to Great Xia must be caught by us and put back! ”

"The spies of the Xia Dynasty have been lurking in the imperial city for many days, and we have hundreds of civil and military officials, but we can't catch anyone, I can't afford to lose this person forever, I can't afford to lose the Ministry of Rites or even the Sixth Department, the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty and countless thousands of heroes and souls stationed at the border and fighting on the battlefield can't afford to lose this person, let alone agree!"

"Well said!"

Seeing that Tan Yongzhi became more and more excited, many people in the audience even had tears in their eyes, and Zhou Yuan, who was standing at the door of the courtyard house, couldn't hold back any longer, his face was flushed with excitement and clapped loudly, just like a spectator cheering hard under the stage.

But anyone can applaud, how can Zhou Yuan drum?

Regardless of the surprised gazes of others, Zhou Yuan looked at Tan Yongzhi with a smile on his face, and said with appreciation while clapping his hands:

"I have long heard that Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is a good official who is dedicated to the country and dares to admonish, everyone praises you as the second Gestapo, you and I have little intersection before, and today I heard your words, and I admire it to the extreme!"

"Come, my lord, please come in!"

Zhou Yuan pushed open the courtyard door with admiration and made a gesture of please, so everyone saw clearly the two rows of people standing behind the door, those were all family members and subordinates in Zhou Yuan's mansion, and there were some personal guards.

Tan Yongzhi looked at Zhou Yuan, his expression returned to normal, and he said:

"The old minister won't go in, and it's more appropriate to hand this matter over to His Royal Highness the Prince, who has the approval of the Ministry of War."

"Everything."

Zhou Yuan smiled, looked at Zhou Wuji, and there was no panic in his eyes at all, but raised his right arm very frankly, pointed to the courtyard and said:

"Brother Huang, please come in."

"Come in!"

Zhou Wuji's face was solemn, he didn't know what conspiracy Zhou Yuan was playing, but he was sure that the spy was in this courtyard, and Zhou Yuan finally opened the door.

So with a wave of his hand, he stepped over the threshold with two platoons of nearly seventy guards and rushed into this palace!

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