Near the Daming Palace, at the end of the corridor of the silent but lengthy Xuanzheng Palace, an old eunuch led the way, and Yu Shinan was supported by Yu Ji and followed step by step.

This is not the first time Yu Ji has come to the palace, he has just been here not long ago, and the situation is the same as today.

Yu Ji no longer remembered that this was the first time his grandfather entered the palace to resign, and each time he was rejected by the emperor.

Yu Shinan lowered his head and walked as fast as he could, only Yu Ji felt less urgent, and walked all the way, as if he was very curious about the palace.

"Lord Yu, the emperor is in the Zichen Palace, waiting for the slave to pass it."

"There is Father-in-law Lao."

Yu Shinan replied politely, and the father-in-law who led the way went to the hall.

After the two of them were quiet outside the palace, Yu Shinan couldn't help frowning when he saw that his grandson was still looking around: "In the future, you will have to get closer to Bai Song, and when grandpa leaves Beijing, you will have to rely on this person to live in the future, do you know?" ”

"Bai Song?" Yu Ji obviously didn't understand it too much, besides, I don't know if I can resign today.

Without waiting for Yu Ji to respond, Yu Shinan was invited to the palace.

The current Yu Shinan official position is not high, he has no power in his hands, and he has no right to face the saint according to his rank, but every time this person wants to see the emperor, the emperor will receive him seriously, and he never procrastinates, and today is no exception.

When the monarch and the ministers met, it was indispensable to count the years, just because Yu Shinan was eager to resign, and he had made up his mind, and after entering the palace many times to resign, this time, Li Shimin finally agreed.

After all, Yu Shinan is already forty out of seventy, and he is considered to be one in ten thousand long-lived people in ancient times.

Li Shimin doesn't like him, but he also admires him, even if he leaves in the future, there will always be a place for Yu Shinan in Li Shimin's heart.

After the monarch and ministers recounted the old events, the emperor agreed to Yu Shinan's request to resign, and finally, the emperor focused on today's key issues.

Li Shimin first dispersed the left and right, and then asked, "Did you bring the scrolls of the fifteen people?" ”

Yu Shinan immediately took out the package and submitted the final round of test papers of the fifteen people that day.

Of course, Li Shimin knows very well that Yu Shinan will not leave so calmly, and the test paper presented at this moment is very likely to change the political situation of Datang ten years later.

Therefore, Li Shimin specially reminded to take a look, and maybe he could see a clue from the poems of these chicks.

Li Shimin took the paper and didn't look through it immediately, but asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"Back to the emperor, this question is to fill in the lyrics for "Water Tune Song Head"."

"Water tune song head ......" Li Shimin frowned slightly, looked at Yu Shinan, and gradually smiled again, shook his head helplessly, pointed at the other party, and scolded with a smile, "What an old thing!" ”

Yu Shinan's expression remained unchanged and listened silently.

Li Shimin began to look through the scrolls, and after flipping through a few sheets, he praised the Yu family brothers and sisters, saying that there were successors to Yu Shinan and so on.

Yu Shinan listened to it and still didn't show anything.

Until Li Shimin saw the last scroll, a white scroll that had been altered.

"Whose volume is it?"

"Youzhou Hanmen Bai Song."

"He is the only one of the people who handed in the blank papers?"

Yu Shinan nodded.

Li Shimin took a deep breath and looked a little disappointed: "It seems that there are not many juniors who understand your mind." Then this Bai Song ......"

Li Shimin knew in his heart that this Bai Song must be deeply liked by Yu Shinan, and based on this white scroll alone, it may be inferred that the person who will inherit Yu Shinan's mantle in the future is likely to be this Han family called Bai Song.

Li Shimin was about to ask carefully, but suddenly found that something was wrong, and quickly spread out the test paper in his hand to take a look, and frowned: "Why is there one missing?" ”

Yu Shinan replied calmly: "I hope that the emperor will atone for his sins, it is indeed missing a scroll, and the minister did not know that the emperor wanted to see it in advance, so he was a little careless when saving the scroll, and a test paper was lost, and he couldn't find it." ”

"Dropped?" Li Shimin was full of doubts, but he didn't break it, and pretended not to care, and said, "It's okay, it's just that who answered the lost test paper?" ”

"He is also a child of a poor family, called Lu Yao, a native of Xixin Village, Chang'an."

Li Shimin nodded, and returned the test paper to Yu Shinan in person, although he didn't say anything, he could clearly feel that Li Shimin had lost his previous enthusiasm, and waved his hand: "Stand down, I'm going to rest." ”

Yu Shinan got up and retreated, and left quickly.

After Yu Shinan left, a person walked out of the side hall of Zichen Palace, and it was the eldest grandson Wuji.

When Li Shimin saw this person, his face instantly became gloomy, and he pointed at Yu Shinan to leave the direction, and said angrily: "The old immortal, the person who has half of his body in the ground, he will not let go of the deception!" ”

"The emperor is angry."

Li Shimin seemed to be depressed for a long time, and he didn't vomit or be unhappy with a lot of words, knocking on the table where he let go of the test papers!

"You didn't see it before! This old guy took a fake white scroll to trick me! It's obviously a scroll that has been written, and it attracts my attention after painting flowers! I almost fell into the trap! How can a group of young people under twenty understand the mind of this old fox, and how can anyone hand in a blank paper? He did this clearly to mistake me for the name of the successor he had chosen, but he hid the scroll that he didn't want me to see! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji bowed his head and was silent, not daring to answer in the emperor's anger.

Li Shimin was so angry that he took a few steps back and forth, pointing outside: "Go!" Go check it out for me and see what the situation is with that person named Lu Yao? Maybe he is the leader of the JAC Group in the future, send someone to monitor this son, and you have to control every move! Also, I need to know what answer he wrote in Yu Shinan's hand within a day! ”

……

The Ministry of Criminal Affairs is in Shangshu Province, and Shangshu Province is in the Imperial City.

Where can Bai Song enter the imperial city without officials and positions?

He didn't understand the rules either, so he was stopped outside the imperial city.

Bai Song looked at Yu Qingqing, Yu Qingqing didn't understand the rules, and reasoned for a long time for the officials who guarded the city, saying who he was and who he knew, and it was useless at all.

The two of them were delayed outside the imperial city for a full hour, but they didn't go in.

It happened that when he was arguing with the guards at the gate of the imperial city, a team of imposing men in black came over with a carriage.

When the defenders of the city saw this team, they hurried to open the door like a grandson, lest they provoke them.

Yu Qingqing was startled, pulled Bai Song to the side, and warned Bai Song very seriously: "Don't make a sound, it's a bad person." ”

"Bad people ......" Bai Song remembered that there was such a common name in the Tang Dynasty, which was a reconnaissance team of the Tang Dynasty, which appeared in many novels and TV in later generations, Bai Song always thought it was fictional, but he didn't expect it to be true!

However, in the next second, Bai Song discovered what these people were wearing on their waists, which made Bai Song suddenly suddenly: "It turns out that the commonly known bad people are the secret edicts!" ”

At this time, a familiar voice came from the car: "White boy? How did you come to Chang'an? ”

"Wang ...... Rajah! ”

Isn't this Li Zhan, the king of Shu?

Bai Song didn't expect to meet acquaintances at this time, and he was a big man in the imperial city.

Now it's easy to say!

Bai Song hurriedly stepped forward and told him what had happened, but he didn't say that Yu Shinan asked him to go, but said that he was going to the Criminal Department to see his old friend.

As soon as Li Zhan spoke, the two finally entered the imperial city.

After passing through the imperial city and entering the city, the prince said goodbye to Bai Song, saying that he had important matters to deal with, and he would come back another day when he was free.

In the imperial city, there were officials from three provinces and six departments, everyone was in a hurry, few people spoke, and the atmosphere was stable but also depressing.

After entering the imperial city, Yu Qingqing was more familiar with it, and took Bai Song to quickly find the Criminal Department, reported Lu Xiaochen's name, and waited at the entrance of the Criminal Department for a quarter of an hour, and finally saw the old man who had not been seen for a year in the alley next to the Criminal Department.

Bai Song and Lu Xiaochen have been in trouble together, experienced life and death, even though they have known each other for a short time and have not seen each other for a long time, they are still very excited to pat each other's shoulders after seeing each other.

"Lord Qincha, the scenery is not diminishing!"

"Hey! It's still bad! The last time I visited was unfavorable, I was blamed by the emperor, and I almost lost my life, but I was demoted from the young eunuch in front of the fourth rank to the head of the criminal department under the sixth grade. ”

"The size is also an official, in and out of the imperial city, on an errand for the emperor, unlike me, who was stopped outside the imperial city for an hour, and couldn't get in if he wanted to."

"That's it!" Yu Qingqing complained, "It's not as troublesome to come in on weekdays as it is today!" ”

said that Bai Song glanced at Bai Song.

Lu Xiaochen looked at Yu Qingqing and hurriedly surrendered his hand, but before he could speak, Yu Qingqing hurriedly coughed: "Cough, you're welcome, they are all acquaintances." ”

Lu Xiaochen understood and nodded.

Bai Song asked, "Sir asked me to come to you, I don't know what to order?" ”

"It's not a big deal, it's just that Brother Bai wants to walk around in the Criminal Department, Lord Xu, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, has received the favor of Yu Lao, as long as he is Yu Lao's protégé, when he arrives at the Criminal Department, as long as he says hello, the activities are very convenient."

Lu Xiaochen said, looking at Bai Song with some emotion: "Shibei should be impressed for three days, I didn't expect that Bai Song would be able to get Yu Lao's support as soon as he entered the capital, and his future is limitless." ”

Bai Song shook his head with a smile: "Now is not the time to talk about this, when the ancients meet, where can they not drink without wine?" ”

"Yes, yes!" Lu Xiaochen nodded with a smile, and said, "It's just that there is no restaurant in this imperial city, and you have to find a restaurant after you go out. ”

"It doesn't matter who treats you, do you want to call a few friends from the criminal department?"

"It's nature." Lu Xiaochen nodded, saying that he was going to the Criminal Department to inform his brother.

Bai Song and Yu Qingqing waited outside the line, Xiao Nizi already regretted coming out with Bai Song, so it was better to wait like this than to face the eggs in the money village.

After a long time, Lu Xiaochen came out of the criminal department again, but his expression was no longer as relaxed as he had been, and there was a team of heavily armed officers who came out with him.

Lu Xiaochen ran to Bai Song, lowered his voice and said, "Brother Bai, I can't drink today's wine!" ”

"How?"

"Recently, there have been a series of murders of Turks in the city, and now the murderer has been rampant enough to sneak into the Furong Garden to commit murder, and I heard that a Turkic prince was killed, which alarmed Lord Shangshu, and ordered that the murderer must be caught within two days."