Chapter 141: The Purpose of the Imperial City Division
When it was close to noon, Wang Huaien came back to report that Yuan Lijie and his party had settled in Feiyun Restaurant.
Zhao Jun thought about it, most of the inns in the city were closed during this time, and the Feiyun Restaurant was still open, and with their identity, those small inns would definitely not go, so they could only settle down in the Feiyun Inn.
As for saying that the decoration of Feiyun Restaurant is too luxurious, there is no need to worry about whether the truth of Yunzhou City will be discovered.
Because Feiyun Restaurant has been chained almost in the entire Song Dynasty, even in the capital, the decoration style is the same everywhere.
As officials and people in the capital, they also knew that when Feiyun Restaurant opened its store, it caused a sensation because of its unique style and delicious food, and the decoration and furnishings of Feiyun Restaurant in Yunzhou County are no different from chain stores in other places, so they don't have to worry about other people's suspicions.
After receiving their foothold, Zhao Jun instructed Yunzhou County to keep an eye on the movements of the group and then began to get busy.
Now that the will has come down, and let himself return to Beijing, although Yuan Lijie did not urge himself, he should prepare his luggage and leave as soon as possible.
So then he was busy for a while.
As for Yuan Lijie and his entourage, he could only let Li Yi and others deal with it, but he believed that with the advance arrangement, there should be no problems.
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This Zhao Jun began to busily prepare the things to bring back to Beijing, and the group that had just settled in the Yunzhou Hotel returned to their rooms, and Yuan Lijie's door was knocked.
In this regard, Yuan Lijie's face did not have the slightest expression of surprise, he had long known that someone was going to come to him, and he had even guessed who it was.
Putting down the tea he was drinking, Yuan Lijie Shi Ran opened the door, and it was really the person he guessed, the person who reminded him at the gate before, and the person who was arranged by his godfather to come in.
Seeing Yuan Lijie open the door, the man nodded first, then looked left and right, and when he saw that no one nearby saw it, he unceremoniously stepped into the door and closed the door reflexively.
And Yuan Lijie just watched his movements quietly without any reaction.
"In the Lower Imperial City Division, the commander Gu Tingyun has seen Gonggong Yuan!"
As soon as the person came in, he immediately bowed down, and quickly took out his token from his arms and handed it to Yuan Lijie.
Yuan Lijie was not ambiguous, took it and looked at the three big characters of the Imperial City Division on the last copper token, and turned it over the back to see that there was a string of mysterious number codes.
This kind of code Yuan Lijie knew that it was a special secret order for each ministry to confirm the identity of the Imperial City Division, and it was said that as long as this secret order was reported to the local Imperial City Division Yamen, the identity information and portrait of the Imperial City Division personnel could be known immediately.
Therefore, this token is also an important basis for confirming the members of the Imperial City Division, and there will be no fake, and the fake is not at all the information of the local Imperial City Division's resident yamen.
After confirming the identity of the visitor, Yuan Lijie nodded and returned the token to Gu Tingyun, Yuan Lijie took a step back and gave up his seat, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, and the two of them immediately sat down.
After sitting down, Yuan Lijie first poured tea for the two of them, and then asked, "Lord Gu came to our house late at night, is there something wrong?" ”
Although the Imperial City Division is famous and has the right to supervise the secret affairs of hundreds of officials, it has always been feared by hundreds of officials, but he has not been a traitor, but he does not need to be afraid of them.
And his godfather is Cao Shuang, even if it is the boss of their Imperial City Division, the Imperial City Envoy Si Lin Zhi, he has to give two points of face, so Yuan Lijie did not panic at all in the face of Gu Tingyun, the commander of the Imperial City Division, and it can be said that he is full of confidence!
Gu Tingyun didn't be polite, and said directly:
"Gu came here late at night to do Father-in-law Yuan a small favor."
Yuan Lijie frowned and was about to speak.
Gu Tingyun immediately interrupted and said: "At this time, it was Cao Gong who came down on the bus, and I heard that it was the meaning of the emperor." ”
Yuan Lijie raised his eyebrows, and the words he was about to refuse just now swallowed back into his stomach.
Since it was explained by the godfather, and it is very likely that it was explained by the emperor, then I need to cooperate well anyway.
Picking up the tea in front of him and taking a sip of it, and blowing the hot air, Yuan Lijie asked about the whole story.
"Gonggong Cao, he asked Lord Gu to follow our family here, what is the purpose, and what is the matter, Lord Gu still needs the help of this king?"
Gu Tingyun explained the reasons one by one:
"Gonggong Cao asked me to follow Gonggong Yuan to Yunzhou County, first, to find out the real situation of Yunzhou County, after all, you also know that every time His Royal Highness King Yun sends back to Beijing, he is crying poor, and the emperor wants to know if this is true?
In the past, the main purpose of our stay here was to find out the movements of the Tartars, and Li Wei, the guard of Liaoyun Pass, reported to the emperor that Yunzhou County had been harassed by the Tartars last year.
So what the emperor wants to know is whether these actions to infest the Tartars are just an accidental raid, or are they the prelude to the Tartar army's imminent invasion of the north?
You also know that now my Great Song Dynasty is fighting on three sides, whether it is the Xiongnu in the northwest, or the Japanese in the southeast, and the Tusi in the south are consuming a large amount of silver in the treasury every year.
And this situation will make the already difficult operation of the Great Song Dynasty even worse, and the form of the empire will be even more critical!
Therefore, this time, we must investigate the problem of the Tartar clearly, so that the Holy One can deal with it in a timely manner according to the situation.
This time, my subordinates came to find Gonggong Yuan, so that Gonggong Yuan would find an opportunity to take me and others into the escort army of Yunzhou County.
After all, looking at this situation, the guards of Yunzhou County really fought with the Tartars, and it seems that although they have suffered heavy losses, they will definitely know some information about the Tartars.
From their mouths, subordinates should be able to find the most real situation.
Yuan Lijie was shocked when he heard this!
Good guy, you're making it difficult for our family!
That's the barracks of the guards, the capital of a vassal king's life, you actually want to see it for yourself!
You really look at our family!
Yuan Lijie had a headache, he really didn't know how to open his mouth for this request, but this was the meaning of his godfather and the emperor, if he didn't help, his godfather would definitely have no good fruit to eat in the world when he returned to Beijing.
After thinking about it for a long time and weighing the pros and cons, Yuan Lijie finally gritted his teeth and agreed, but put forward his own conditions.
"You can help you, but our family also has to go together, and you have to listen to our family wherever you go, don't make trouble for our family.
If you make trouble for our family, then don't blame our family for not giving face, give you some color and see, do you hear? ”
Seeing that Gonggong Yuan agreed, Gu Tingyun was overjoyed, and hurriedly responded.
Not long after the matter was done, Gu Tingyun ran back to his room and waited for the dawn to come.
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(End of chapter)