The sun has set in the west.

On the wide imperial road from Hongwu Gate to Waiwulong Bridge in the south of the imperial city, it was gradually bustling with people.

They are all officials in the imperial court who have finished a day's military and political affairs in the official office and are ready to go home.

On the west side of this royal road is the Governor's Office of the Five Armies and the military command posts of all levels below, where the high-ranking generals of the imperial court handle the military affairs of the whole country on a daily basis. On the east side is the central government office, which includes the six ministries, the Han Academy, the Tai Hospital, etc., where the civil servants have to deal with the documents reported from various places every day, as well as formulate and issue various decrees in the world.

The busyness of this day made these officials of all sizes look tired, and while greeting each other, they dragged their tired bodies towards the noon gate.

At this time, a young man did not leave, but stood quietly outside the yamen of the officials, standing with his hands down.

This young man is none other than the son of Xia Yuanji, the current head of the household department, and the Xia who serves as the inspector in the ministry.

This inspector is just a petty official who specializes in checking and checking documents for errors and omissions, and he is simply a miscellaneous servant in the ministry, who has to do any errand, and is often called to drink, but Xia has always done his best without complaints.

Because he knew that his father had good intentions in sending him to the ministry to work beside his friend Shangshu Jianyi.

Father is hoping that he can be by Jianyi's side, get more sharpening, learn more things, although Jianyi has never had any special care and support for him in official affairs, but with his own intelligence, careful observation, or learned a lot of things.

The more he learned, the more he felt that this righteousness was really sophisticated and unfathomable, and the more he felt that he still had a lot to learn.

And at this moment, this unfathomable Lord Shangshu is in the office and is immersed in reviewing official documents.

Recently, the emperor has agreed to move the capital to Beiping, change Beiping to Beijing, and build a large number of buildings in Beiping to build the imperial palace. This has increased the affairs of the six ministries a lot at once, so recently Jian Yi often has to read official documents in the office until late at night.

I don't know how long he buried his head in the review, and when he looked up again, it was already dark, he stretched out a little lazily, and shouted: "Who is outside the door? Come in and hold the lamp!"

Xia, who had been standing outside the door with stiff hands and feet, hurriedly walked in and lit the candle on the table.

Jian Yi looked up and saw that it was him, and couldn't help but be stunned: "Why are you? I thought it was a subordinate waiting outside the door!"

Xia replied with a faint smile: "Lord Qiqi Shangshu, those subordinates didn't come up when they saw the lower officials waiting outside the door. Therefore, it is up to the lower officials to do the work. ”

Jian Yi smiled and said: "It sounds weird and sour, there is no one left and right at the moment, I am a world friend with your father, let's call each other uncle and nephew." ”

Xia bowed his head and responded: "Yes!"

Jian Yi asked a little strangely: "If you don't go back so late, do you want to stay and stay up all night with me, an old man?"

Xia hesitated for a moment and replied, "Didn't my uncle send a message in the afternoon to order the little nephew to stay, saying that he had something to say?"

Jian Yi was stunned for a moment, suddenly slapped his head, and said in a loud voice: "Oh, I'm really confused, I forgot about this matter with so many affairs, and I was so tired that my nephew was waiting outside the door." ”

Xia smiled faintly: "Actually, it's okay, it's okay for the little nephew to go home."

, I just don't know what is important for my uncle to call my little nephew here?"

Jian Yi didn't speak at the moment, but looked at Xia in a daze, as if he was hesitating about something in his heart.

After a while, he took out three copies of the fold from his arms, handed them to Xia, and said, "You take a look at this first." ”

Xia took a look, but his face changed.

These three parts are all secret music, and in chronological order, the first one should be played by Song Hu, the Marquis of Xining, who recently attacked the lord and went to the northwest frontier to unify the army. It is said that Su Wang Zhu in Lanzhou City is arrogant and domineering, and there are many lawlessness, and he buys the hearts of the people with hypocrisy and righteousness, and seems to have bad intentions, and asks the court to strictly prevent him from rebelling and standing on his own.

The second report should be Ma Jing, who recently led the black armor guard to Lanzhou to supervise the army, and the report also mentioned that Su Wang Zhu was very popular in Lanzhou City, and his reputation was monstrous, and even the people of Lanzhou only knew that there was a Su King, but did not know that there was a court. He also mentioned that he heard that Su Wang Zhu had many illegal acts in Lanzhou City, which still need to be verified one by one.

Next, the third report was played by Zhu Shang, the king of Su in Lanzhou City, claiming that since Ma Jing's Black Armor Guard arrived in Lanzhou, there had been a lot of friction with the local people and the royal guards, and in the long run, I was afraid that it would hinder the prestige of the imperial court, so he asked for a decree to transfer the Black Armor Guard out of Lanzhou City. In addition, it was also mentioned in the report that the little marquis Song Hu relied on the identity of the royal family and nobles, was arrogant and unreasonable, bullied the people, and so on.

After reading the three-point recital, Xia Mian put the recital back in front of Jian Yi expressionlessly, without saying a word.

Jian Yi looked at him with curiosity and asked, "How do you feel after reading it?"

Xia smiled and replied, "The little nephew is only curious about one thing. ”

Jian Yi asked with an "oh" and asked, "What's the matter?"

Xia said, "Where did my uncle get these three tantras?"

You must know that these three parts are all secret plays, which can only be used by the emperor who has the right to play secrets.

Even one of the first auxiliary ministers of Jian Yi's level has no right to see it, let alone see it for a petty official like Xia.

But these three copies of the secret music were in Jian Yi's hands, and he showed them to Xia, why is this?

Jian Yi smiled and asked, "You know it's a secret performance, how dare you watch it?

Xia's expression was as usual, without a trace of panic: "This is my uncle's order, and the little nephew doesn't dare to disobey." Besides, uncle, you don't want to frame your little nephew, do you?"

These words are neither soft nor hard, neither humble nor arrogant, and I can't help nodding in my heart when I hear Jian Yi, it seems that this kid has grown a lot, and the child can be taught!

He didn't answer Xia's words, just urged: "Tell me how you feel, what do you think?"

Xia lowered his head and thought about it, and said slowly: "These three secret recitals come from three people, all of whom are important ministers sitting in the northwest at the moment, on the surface, it seems that Song Xiaohou Ye and Ma Jianjun discovered King Su's illegal behavior in Lanzhou City, so they have played impeachment one after another. ”

In order to protect himself, His Royal Highness King Su played a counterattack against the Song Xiaohou and the Black Armor Guard for running rampant in the place, damaging the prestige of the imperial court. However, from the little nephew's point of view, there are strange things in these three secret plays. ”

"Oh, what's so strange?" Jian Yi looked at Xia, there was no surprise in his eyes, but there was some appreciation.

Xia replied while pondering: "The little nephew is usually responsible for sorting out the school documents and files, and I remember that the little Marquis Song only set off to the northwest to unify the army the next month after the attack on the lord

Counting, judging from the date, his secret recital should have been played a few days after leaving the capital, at this time he should still be on the way, not at all in Lanzhou, how could he accuse His Royal Highness King Su of running amok in Lanzhou, and bribing the hearts of the people, with bad intentions?"

"This secret recital does not make sense at all in terms of time, so the little nephew feels that the truth of its contents is greatly doubtful. It is very likely that on the way to Lanzhou, Song Xiaohou was deceived by others, or hearsay, which is not credible and needs to be carefully verified. ”

Jian Yi nodded, indicating that he completely agreed with Xia's opinion, he threw this secret music of Xining Hou Song Hu to the side, and picked up Ma Jing's secret music again.

Xia then said: "Compared with Song Xiaohou's secret performance, Ma Jianjun's part is much more credible, because he should have been in Lanzhou when he sent the report. However, in his recital, he only mentioned that His Royal Highness King Su has a very high reputation among the people of Lanzhou, which is not difficult to understand, after all, Lanzhou has developed so prosperously, and His Royal Highness King Su has made great contributions. ”

As for the so-called illegal acts of His Royal Highness King Su in Lanzhou City, Ma Jianjun only used the word "heard and heard", and emphasized that further investigation was needed. Regarding the accusations of Song Xiaohou's so-called misdeeds, Ma Jianjun did not mention it in a word. So this secret recital doesn't explain anything. ”

Jian Yi nodded again and again, and then threw Ma Jing's secret music aside, and finally he picked up Su Wang Zhu's secret music and asked, "What about the last one?"

Xia didn't answer immediately, but lowered his head and pondered, after all, this His Royal Highness King Su is the emperor's own brother, and his status is noble, how can others easily comment on it.

Jian Yi seemed to see his concern and comforted him: "It's okay, don't think too much, just tell me how you feel about this secret performance." ”

Xia Shen groaned and said: "From the perspective of time, the time when His Royal Highness King Su wrote this report should be that Song Xiaohou and Ma Jianjun have been in Lanzhou City for a while, so the situation on this report is most likely true. ”

"First of all, Song Xiaohou Ye, he doesn't hide it from his uncle, in fact, the little nephew and he have known each other since childhood, and there have been grudges, so his little nephew also knows a little bit about his temperament. Over the years, he relied on the military exploits of his father, the old marquis Song Sheng, and the emperor's favor, and married Princess Ancheng, the emperor's pearl, and became a concubine. ”

"Besides, the friction between the black guards and the people, and the contradictions between the garrison and the local people are old problems, not new. Moreover, His Royal Highness King Su only asked for the transfer of the Black Armor Guard from Lanzhou City, not from the northwest, and did not have any dissatisfaction with the Ma Jian Army, which did not seem to be the proper behavior of a person with a bad heart. ”

"Besides, in terms of time, this secret performance came so late, it is very likely that His Royal Highness King Su tolerated it several times, and after several mediations, he really couldn't bear what Song Xiaohou and Hei Jiawei did, so he played it angrily, so the little nephew thinks that only this secret performance has the highest credibility!"

After speaking, Xia Yi looked up, but saw Jian Yi looking at him with a smile rather than a smile, he was young after all, and he was afraid that he had said the wrong thing, and he was furious by Jian Yi in his heart, and lowered his head and said: "What the little nephew said is just what he feels in his heart, and if there are mistakes or omissions, please correct my uncle." ”

Jian Yi laughed out loud at this time: "No, not only do you not make mistakes or omissions, but your opinion is exactly the same as the emperor's opinion!"

Xia couldn't help but be stunned: "What, the emperor?"