Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

imperial city,

The cabinet library,

in the room,

The wooden racks where documents and documents are stored are crowded.

Two people can pass between the two rows of wooden frames.

In the corridor outside the room, a group of four people walked towards this side in a hurry.

Come to the door,

"Pa~"

The copper lock was opened.

"Squeak~"

The heavy wooden door was opened from the outside.

"The two internal officials will wait a moment. The subordinate officials will go in and take out the documents."

"Your Majesty is in a hurry, sir, please hurry up!"

"yes!"

Then, two officials stepped in.

The two of them muttered something while walking along the forest-like wooden frame, and soon stopped at one place.

After a while,

The two officials walked to the door holding several rolls of paper.

"So fast?"

"Returning to the internal affairs office, Kuli has been using the Qianwen Pavilion Frame Method created by Mr. Zhou Zhanzhou for some years. All kinds of documents are in order, so they can be found quickly."

"good!"

"Please follow me to the door to register and use the seal."

"please."

"Squeak~" The door was closed and locked again.

The emperor's office,

The documents taken from the cabinet library have been opened and placed on the table.

The sound of flipping through paper could be heard from time to time.

It was Zhao Zilong and Zhao Meifeng unfolding documents with unique numbers in thousands of characters.

"Your Majesty, He Guan has arrived."

"Um."

Soon, He Guan, wearing armor, walked in.

"My lord, He Guan has met Your Majesty!"

The emperor nodded and waved his hand towards Zhao Zilong who raised his head.

Zhao Zilong stepped forward and extended his hand in a gesture of invitation: "Master He, please come this way. I have a few questions to ask."

Half an hour later,

After Zhao Zilong whispered a few words beside the emperor, he came to He Guan:

"Lord He Guan, His Majesty ordered you to wait outside the palace."

"yes!"

After finishing speaking, He Guan walked to the outside of the hall and stood still.

In the voice of the Neiguantong,

Xu Zaijing stood outside the hall and nodded towards He Guan who was standing aside.

"Wu Lang, His Majesty orders you to go in."

"yes."

When Xu Zaijing stepped into the palace,

All the documents brought by the internal officials have been packed away.

Only a few pieces of paper were placed on the emperor's imperial case.

"I have met His Majesty!"

Looking at Xu Zaijing who bowed and saluted, the emperor waved his hand towards Zhao Zilong who wanted to step over.

"Well, get flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"When your boy escorted Bai Gaojiang back to the capital last year, did any of the Bai Gao craftsmen leave the team on the way?"

Xu Zaijing pondered for a moment, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, yes!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Zilong and his disciple looked at each other.

Emperor: "Go on."

Xu Zaijing: "One evening during dinner time, an official from the Ministry of Works came into the camp with a seal and took away a family of Baigao craftsmen! I remember that the commander of the camp that day called the official from the Ministry of Works 'Master Zhen'."

After Xu Zaijing finished speaking, he looked at the expressions of everyone in the hall and was confused for a moment.

After the emperor picked up the paper on the imperial desk and handed it to the chief internal official aside, he raised his chin towards Xu Zaijing and said:

"See if it's this sealed letter."

"Your Majesty, only the commander-in-chief of the camp at that time saw the seal that day. The boy did not take over the seal. I can't tell whether it is this one!"

"You're a pretty good boy!"

As the emperor spoke, he took back the paper held by the chief minister: "Do you still remember the appearance of 'Master Zhen'?"

"Your Majesty, it was dark that day and I just lit a torch to see! If Master Zhen stood in front of me, I would definitely recognize him!"

"Well! Go talk to Meifeng and ask the Imperial City Secretary to draw a portrait! Also, let He Guan at the door do what he needs to do."

The emperor ordered.

Xu Zaijing was stunned for a moment, and without any time to think about it, he quickly handed over his hand.

Subsequently,

Xu Zaijing followed Zhaomeifeng out of the hall.

on the road,

"mega"

As soon as Xu Zaijing said a word, he looked at Zhaomei Feng and shook his head slightly at him, and glanced at the little internal official in front of him.

Xu Zaijing understood and was speechless all the way.

It wasn't until he entered the Imperial City's courtyard inside the palace that Xu Zaijing saw no one around him, then he said, "Brother Zhao, what happened?"

Zhaomei Feng nodded seriously: "Brother Jing, a secret letter from the Sizhong Undercover Police Officer has come to report that Bai Gao's iron art has appeared in King Jing's fiefdom!"

Xu Zaijing's eyes widened and he said in surprise: "Ah?!"

Zhao Meifeng nodded affirmatively.

"So, Your Majesty checked the archives of me waiting to return to Beijing?"

"good!"

"Furthermore, the sealed letter that His Majesty wanted you to see just now was checked by the Ministry of Works. There is no record of its use."

Looking at Xu Zaijing's puzzled look, Zhaomeifeng continued: "The seals of each department are of great importance. When using the seals, two or more people must be present and recorded."

Xu Zaijing frowned and nodded: "In other words, the whole thing is a lie? King Jing sent someone to pretend to be a court official and kidnap a craftsman?"

Zhaomei Feng shook his head: "No, someone has to use a crystal mirror to carefully check whether the seal is genuine or not! Whether King Jing sent someone to check it carefully is also required."

After Xu Zaijing nodded, he suddenly looked at Zhaomeifeng and said urgently: "Brother Zhao! Your Majesty has a seal. If anyone knows that Your Majesty has checked the archives, they won't be alarmed."

As he said that, Xu Zaijing looked at Zhao Meifeng's expression and said hesitantly, "Is this luring a snake out of its hole?"

Zhaomei Feng nodded approvingly.

"Brother Zhao, why doesn't your Majesty just seize King Jing's fiefdom?"

Listening to Xu Zaijing's innocent question, Zhaomei Feng shook his head and said: "King Jing belongs to the clan and is of noble birth. Without the ironclad evidence like King Yan, His Majesty cannot directly deprive him of the fiefdom."

"If you take it away, you will be fighting with the same roommates, which will easily make the royal family unstable."

Xu Zaijing said: "Isn't it enough to have this white high-tech iron art?"

"Not enough! King Jing said it was framed by others, or His Majesty framed it. What should I do?"

Saying that, Zhao Meifeng took a deep breath, looked at Xu Zaijing and said::

"What's more important is that in the days after the recovery of Bai Gao, there have been suggestions from nobles and nobles in the court, hoping that your majesty will take advantage of the opportunity to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun! His majesty is also quite interested! And the southeast of where King Jing and King Tan are is Close to Suhu Lake.”

Xu Zaijing nodded and said: "That is my grain-producing place in Dazhou, one of the granaries."

Zhaomei Feng said: "That's right! We send at least more than four million shi of food every year. If anything goes wrong, Bianjing will be strangled."

"It's a pity that although there have been battles between Beiliao and Jin these days, the scale is too small and it is not a good opportunity for our country to send troops! And we don't know which battle will turn into a deadly fight between the two countries."

Seeing the look in Xu Zaijing's eyes, Zhaomeifeng nodded: "Brother Jing, you are right, it is the news sent by senior brother."

After listening to Zhaomeifeng's words, Xu Zaijing sighed: "Your Majesty is afraid that if the liquidation of King Jing distracts his energy, he may miss the opportunity to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, and may also reduce production in the Suhu area, affecting the capital and arousing public anger? "

"right."

Saying that, Zhaomeifeng glanced at Xu Zaijing and said: "Now that your Majesty has a prince and has regained Bai Gao, he is increasingly thinking about leaving a big world for His Majesty."

Looking at Xu Zaijing who nodded, Zhaomeifeng continued: "Brother Jing, do you have anything else to tell me?"

Xu Zaijing frowned and asked doubtfully: "Brother Zhao, what else? I drank some wine with Brother Zhang that day, and I remember the appearance of that person in my heart. The rest is what I just said."

Zhao Meifeng was about to speak but stopped.

At this time, the official's voice came from outside the door: "Sir, the painter of Si Li's portrait is here."

"Come in!"

Listening to Xu Zaijing's story, the painter spent a lot of time to draw a portrait that made Xu Zaijing nod.

afterwards,

With the setting sun in the west,

Before Xu Zaijing left the courtyard of the Imperial City, he said, "Brother Zhao, what should I say now that I'm out?"

Zhaomeifeng: "Just say that His Highness summoned me."

outside the palace,

evening,

Chai’s courtyard,

Chai Zhengzheng sat next to Mrs. Chai, and together with the head of the Chai family who was drinking Xiaoshiyin, they looked at the female servant who was clearing the table.

Mrs. Chai turned her head and smiled: "Zhengzheng, why don't you go back to your own courtyard?"

Chai Zhengzheng shook his head: "My daughter doesn't want to go back yet."

As he spoke, Chai Zhengzheng glanced at his father.

The leader of the Chai family, who was drinking the drink, was stunned for a moment, then put down the porcelain bowl containing the drink and said, "Okay, let's go out for a walk."

A family of three left the house,

Mrs. Chai waved her hand to the nun behind her, and the nun who understood her stopped the female envoys who were following her.

Walk into the garden,

After there was no one around, Chai Zhengzheng said: "Father, after you entered the palace, why did you look so ugly when you came home?"

The head of the Chai family looked at Mrs. Chai with a smile on his face, his eyes full of 'Is it so obvious? ’ look.

Mrs. Chai looked at her official and said, "When the child is older, he will naturally notice it! Not only Zhengzheng wants to know, I also want to know!"

The smile on the head of the Chai family gradually disappeared, and he said in a deep voice, "Okay! Your Majesty called me into the palace today to ask about Craftsman Bai Gao."

After glancing at his wife and daughter, the head of the Chai family continued solemnly: "Someone pretended to be an official of the Ministry of Industry and used our family's name to take away a Bai Gao blacksmith on his way to Beijing."

"ah?"

Mrs. Chai's eyes widened and she couldn't help but exclaimed. She grabbed her official's clothes hard to keep herself from losing her composure.

"This" Chai Zhengzheng hesitated to speak.

The leader of the Chai family just nodded heavily.

"Then, officer, what did you tell His Majesty? Who did it? Such evil intentions!" Mrs. Chai tugged on the clothes of the Chai family leader and asked quickly.

The leader of the Chai family had a sarcastic smile on his face, as if he was mocking the person who was responsible for this matter.

After taking a deep breath, he said: "Fortunately, neither the Yongyi Marquis Mansion nor the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion told others about Dingzhou Wu Jintan!"

"The people who handle the work only know that craftsmen are important, but they don't know that Dingzhou's Wujin Tan is even more important!"

"As for the Wujin Carbon in Dingzhou, the monthly output is checked by Yongyi Houfu, Tuoxihoufu and our family."

"As long as there is no black gold carbon, the appearance of Bai Gao Iron Art will be just a flash in the pan!"

Mrs. Chai frowned: "A flash in the pan? Officer, Bai Gao Tieyi has appeared? Where is it?"

After glancing at Chai Zhengzheng, the head of the Chai family said softly: "Prince Jing's fiefdom!"

After the leader of the Chai family finished speaking, Chai Zhengzheng frowned and asked: "Father, without the Wujin Tan of Dingzhou, how could King Jing's fiefdom be here?"

The head of the Chai family said: "His Majesty thought that the batch of Dingzhou black gold carbon that had been shipped to the capital was very useful, so he gave many gifts to each family in the clan."

"hehe."

Not knowing what he thought of, the leader of the Chai family chuckled and shook his head.

Chai Zhengzheng looked at the head of the Chai family with a worried expression: "Father, what's wrong? Why are you laughing?"

The head of the Chai family looked at the worried eyes of his wife and daughter, smiled and waved his hands and said: "It's okay, I just remembered an interesting thing your majesty said today."

Before Mrs. Chai and Chai Zhengzheng could ask questions, the head of the Chai family put away his smile happily and said: "Brother Jing, the fifth son of the Xu family, also knows about the matter that your majesty asked about!"

Upon hearing this, Chai Zhengzheng's eyes suddenly widened.

Mrs. Chai glanced at her daughter and said doubtfully: "Official, what's so interesting about this? Brother Jing was in the team when we returned to the capital!"

The head of the Chai family smiled: "The personal soldier of Zhang Fangyan, the young master of the Zhang family, knows about this matter. This soldier is now in Bianjing because he got married. The matter of borrowing our family's name was also recounted by this soldier. ”

Mrs. Chai: "So?"

"When your Majesty asked Xu Jiawulang, he didn't say that the official borrowed our family's name, only that he pretended to be an official."

Mrs. Chai felt her daughter on the other side, suddenly tightened her hand on her arm, and said quickly: "This, isn't this Brother Jing deceiving the emperor? What will he do in the future?"

Chai Zhengzheng on the side nodded repeatedly.

The head of the Chai family looked at his concerned wife and daughter, smiled and said: "According to what your majesty said, the soldiers of the Zhang family said that Wulang Xu and the young father-in-law of the Zhang family drank a lot of wine that night, perhaps too much. I forgot about the wine.”

Mrs. Chai and Chai Zhengzheng breathed a sigh of relief.

The leader of the Chai family continued: "But in the afternoon, when Xu Jiawulang and the imperial city officials restored the appearance of the fake officials, they said it in great detail."

"Oh! What a silly boy! Why does he need to avoid suspicion in our family like this!"

Mrs. Chai said anxiously.

The head of the Chai family nodded in agreement and glanced at his girl.

"Why, officer, do you think Brother Jing is talented because of our family's Zhengzheng?"

Listening to Mrs. Chai’s words,

The head of the Chai family did not admit it, but just smiled: "Your Majesty has this intention."

Looking at her daughter who looked a little disappointed, Mrs. Chai said: "My lord, you are still smiling! This is related to the future of my child!"

"Your Majesty can tell me this because he has no grudges in his heart. You two don't have to worry."

"The reason why I look ugly is because I will try to figure out how to buy more food for His Majesty in the southeast in the future."

Seeing that the expressions of his wife and daughter were not relaxed, the leader of the Chai family continued: "Perhaps Xu family Wulang knows that he can't say anything casually."

Mrs. Chai nodded, looked at the head of the Chai family and said, "My lord, that's what your majesty means. Then do you think the reason why Xu Jiawulang said this is because of our family's clang?"

The head of the Chai family thought for a while and then looked at his daughter: "I don't see how this child behaves! And it is related to his future future! But whether he does it intentionally or not, our family owes him the matter of Dingzhou Wujintan. A favor from the Xu family.”

Yong Yi Hou Mansion,

After dinner, Xu Zaijing, who had drank some wine with Zai Zhang, walked through the verandah and entered the courtyard.

The light was dim, except for the lantern carried by the female servant Qingcao. The candlelight flickered on and off, and the insects in the garden kept chirping.

The surrounding atmosphere is vaguely similar to that day on the way back to Beijing.

Xu Zaijing, who was slightly drunk, suddenly remembered what Zhaomeifeng asked him in the afternoon,

Xu Zaijing thought about it carefully, his eyes widened and he stopped. He sobered up and whispered in a low voice: "It's broken!"