Zhao Ming, the king of Pu'an County, smiled and arched his hand at Wu Yang: "Xiao Wang brought his three sons into the palace to accompany his father, and he lives in the palace these days, so he has to trouble Lord Xiao Wu!" ”

Zhao Ming's three sons, sixteen-year-old Zhao Yu (qi), Feng Qizhou defense envoy; Fourteen-year-old Zhao Kai, the deputy of the right inner government; Thirteen-year-old Zhao Dan, the deputy head of the right prison guard, saw his father saluting Wu Yang, and they also bowed their hands one after another.

Wu Yang hurriedly returned the salute one by one, and said in his mouth: "The county king and the three little princes have tormented Wu Yang, and the palace ban is where Wu Yang's duties lie, so he is naturally duty-bound!" ”

The king of Pu'an County is thirty-two years old, it is the time when he is in the prime of life, according to the people who have seen the portrait of Taizu in the palace, the king of Pu'an County is cool and Xiao Taizu Emperor, with long eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and his personality is as gentle as Emperor Taizu, his three sons, the eldest son is gentle and elegant, the second son has a strong personality, and the third son is gentle and loves to laugh, and has an excellent reputation in Lin'an City.

Zhao Gou was very satisfied with the actions of his adopted son Zhao Ming, at least Zhao Ying showed him an attitude, so far he stood with himself, the emperor's adoptive father!

Before the emperor went to bed, Fan Zeng brought news that Empress Wu had Yuan Cai and Hua Wu beaten 20 boards, and each fined three months' monthly money and money. Yuan Cai was demoted to a low-class miscellaneous servant and never appeared in front of the emperor; Hua Wu was transferred from the forbidden army.

According to the person who reported back, both Yuan Cai and Hua Wu were beaten to the point that their buttocks were bloody and blurred, and they didn't want to get out of bed for three or two months.

The emperor was noncommittal, and the matter was revealed.

Wu Yang inspected the palace ban again, and then he slept with peace of mind, how did he know that his radical measures would intensify the contradictions between the monarch and the minister, and almost invite disaster!

The arrival of the family of four of the King of Pu'an County, as well as Wu Yang's dedication to the defense of the palace, made Zhao Gou's heart settle down a lot, and he was determined to talk to the Zaizhi in the early dynasty to resolve the crisis in Lin'an City.

In the early morning of the next day, Wang Muen gently woke up the emperor.

Zhao Gou opened his eyes and saw that it was him, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Your illness is cured?" Coming to serve me so early. ”

Wang Muen said with a smile while serving Zhao Gou to get up: "Knowing that Your Majesty is okay and Lin'an City is fine, the slave's hanging heart is put down, and the heart knot is gone, and it will naturally get better quickly!" Your Majesty wants to go to the court, or the servants are accompanied to rest assured! ”

The master and slave walked steadily towards the vertical arch hall as they had done countless times in the past.

When he arrived at the apse, there was only a curtain between him and the throne, and it was quiet outside the curtain, Wang Muen said with a smile: "It seems that the prime ministers also know that if they want to solve the Lin'an crisis, they have to talk to Your Majesty, and they are all well-behaved!" ”

Zhao Gou smiled slightly, and when he walked out of the curtain first, he ascended the throne, looked down, and was dumbfounded-

The vertical arch hall that should have been full of people was quiet, and there was no one in it.

Zhao Gou was furious: "What about people? Where did it all go? ”

The wrestlers who were in charge of guarding the vertical arch hall walked in tremblingly and announced: "Neither the chief nor the lords have entered the palace, nor have they taken leave!" ”

Wang Muen hurriedly comforted: "Maybe the adults have something to delay, maybe they will arrive after a while!" ”

Zhao Gou snorted coldly: "Ridiculous! I am the emperor, how can there be an emperor sitting in the palace waiting for the courtiers to go to court? ”

Having said that, Zhao Gou did not get down from the throne after all.

After waiting for a meal, I still didn't see a minister come to the court, and I didn't even come to the palace attendant on duty, so I didn't even have a place to ask.

Zhao Gou got up coldly and said, "If you don't come, you won't come." I'd like to see who can outdo whom! ”

Zhao Gou entered the imperial study, Wu Yang immediately asked to see him, and as soon as he entered the door, he knelt down and pleaded guilty: "It's all a disaster caused by Weichen, please punish Your Majesty!" ”

No one entered the palace early this morning, and Wu Yang naturally knew about it early in the morning. At first, he was also like Wang Muen, thinking that the ministers were just deliberately late and wanted to throw the king's face.

Yesterday, he scattered the people of the Imperial City Division, and the civil and military officials of Lin'an City naturally discovered the people who were spying outside the gate of their own mansion, and they didn't need to think about it to know that they must be the spies of the Imperial City Division. The low-ranking people naturally didn't dare to bare their teeth, but the high-ranking ones didn't eat this set and sent people to drive them away.

The people of the Imperial City Division claimed to have the support of the emperor and Lord Wu, and they did not restrain themselves at all, although they did not conflict with the people of various prefectures, they refused to leave, and swore that "I am ordered by the emperor to protect the safety of my lord!" ”

Seeing that these people could not be driven away, the ministers' mansions simply sent their subordinates out of the palace to come and go, Lin'an City spontaneously silent, and the personnel of the ministers' mansions were almost forbidden to go out. In this way, I am afraid that it will provoke a rebellion of hundreds of officials!

Bai Yu and Dugu Mu only thought that the adults sent people out of the mansion to communicate with each other complained about the mansion being monitored by the Imperial City Division, where did they know that the hundred officials had reached an alliance overnight and would not go to the court! Even the Zuo Xiang family, who has always been the emperor's pawn, did not reveal the slightest rumor, and stood with the officials.

Zhao Gou couldn't cry or laugh after listening to Wu Yang's words: "Nonsense! How can you get the Legis to spy on the officials? You are, this is-"

Wu Yang kowtowed and said: "Weichen is afraid that someone will be unfavorable to His Majesty, and he always wants to seize the opportunity, but the current situation is too dangerous!" ”

Zhao Gou looked at the stubbornness of the young man on Wu Yang's face, and knew that he really wanted to protect himself. In the huge Lin'an City, in addition to the old eunuchs around him, the only person who really wants to protect himself is the young man in front of him.

Zhao Gou slowed down his voice and said, "Get up." It was they who were unrighteous first, don't blame me for being unkind! You tell the pawns to be more restrained, don't let people grab the handle, I want to see what else they can do! ”

Wu Yang understood what the emperor meant, and he immediately clenched his fists and bowed: "Yes, Weichen will order it to go down, and he will not embarrass His Majesty!" ”

After Wu Yang left, Zhao Gou still didn't feel at ease after thinking about it, and he said to Wang Muen: "Big companion, you go to Yang Yizhong's mansion in person, let him come to see me immediately, and say that I have something important to discuss!" ”

Yang Yizhong came quickly, he closed the door in the mansion to avoid suspicion, and he missed him when the hundred officials contacted him, he didn't have to be caught between the emperor and the hundred officials, but he still knew about the boycott of the hundred officials quickly.

Seeing the emperor, Yang Yizhong immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty: "The minister's guard is not effective, please surrender your majesty!" ”

Zhao Gou personally went to help him up, patted him on the shoulder and said, "You were impeached and returned home, this is the practice of our dynasty, what is the crime?" I have summoned you to the palace today to entrust you to you! ”

Yang Yizhong immediately bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, but if you have an order, the minister will not hesitate to die!" ”

Seeing Yang Yizhong like this, Zhao Gou was very pleased, and the two of them talked secretly for a long time in the imperial study, and the emperor's dictation came out of the ban: "Yang Yizhong is loyal to the country, and the impeachment of the official is pure nonsense." At this extraordinary time, how can Gong Guogong be lazy because of avoiding suspicion, and return to the forbidden army from now on, and must not disobey the order! ”

Yang Yizhong has controlled the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army for nearly twenty years, and he is deeply respected, he and Wu Yang are loose and tight, and the entire imperial city is protected like an iron bucket, Zhao Gou has no worries since then, he sneered: "I want to see how long the hundred officials can hold on!" ”