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In the courtyard.

Hearing what Xiaoyun said.

Xiao Li, who was still wondering why his maid came to Lao Su's house, was first.

Immediately, he stood up abruptly, not even knowing that the chair was brought down, and looked at Xiaoyun in shock:

"What? What happened to him, my lord?"

Xiaoyun wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, choked up and said:

"Master was resting in the study, when a group of people suddenly came from the mansion, rushed into the room and took Master away."

Hearing this, Xiao Li's pupils shrank, his body swayed slightly, and his eyes immediately filled with tears.

But after all, she experienced exile with Lao Li ten years ago, so she insisted and asked:

"Without evidence, why did they arrest people?"

Xiaoyun shook his head and said aggrievedly:

"At that time, Chen Guanshi also asked this question, but was pushed away roughly by the leader, who only knew that the other party's name was Zhao Yuanpeng."

"What? Zhao Yuanpeng?"

Hearing this name, Lao Su frowned suddenly, and said in surprise:

"How could it be him?"

Xiao Li immediately looked at him when he heard the words, and said with some hope in his tears:

"Uncle Su, do you know this person?"

Old Su nodded slightly, his brows were still tightly knit together:

"This person is known to all the servants of the sixth rank in the imperial court, and he is headstrong and cold."

"More importantly, although he is not a high-ranking official, he is the last commander of the Imperial City Department, and all the officials in the court avoid him."

Hearing the word Huangcheng Division, Xiao Li tightened Xiao Yun's hand again.

Speaking of ancient spy agencies.

In most people's minds, two names may pop up at the first time:

Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty and Xuedizi of the Qing Dynasty.

But in fact.

In order to maintain the rule of the feudal dynasty, the emperors of almost every dynasty in history will set up some special supervisory agencies.

For example, Cao Wei set up a school officer in the early days.

In the Sui Dynasty, there were officials in waiting.

Wu Zetian created the Plum Blossom Internal Guard, who likes to print small plum blossoms on his elbows. When he was arrested, he said that I was here to find you by order!

And the Imperial City Division.

It was the spy agency of the Song Dynasty.

In fact, the Imperial City Division was not called this name at first, it was called "Wu De Division".

In the sixth year of Taiping Xingguo, a certain Gaolianghe Chariot God, who did not want to be named, no longer wanted Wude, so he changed his name to "Huangcheng Division".

According to "History of the Song Dynasty Official Officials Six Imperial City Division" records:

"Imperial City Secretary, there are seven officials, all of whom are masters of martial arts and above, and the servants are all well-known, and they are in charge of the ban. They are in charge of the prohibition of entering and leaving the palace city. They are responsible for all the affairs of Zhou Lu and the opening and closing of the palace gate."

And according to the division of functions, the Imperial City Division has different official positions, staffing and so on.

Some of them were responsible for personal protection of the emperor and acted as bodyguards.

They do not belong to the Sanya official system but do the same thing, and they are used to check and balance the front office in charge of Wang En mentioned earlier.

There are also some who are specifically responsible for supervising officials.

For example, Zhao Yuanpeng, who arrested Lao Li, is this type of official, and his internal ranking is quite high.

Think here.

Old Su couldn't help becoming more and more puzzled:

"But Zhao Yuanpeng is a supervisor, but his actions this time are not in line with the rules."

Xiao Li hurriedly asked:

"Uncle Su, what's the rule?"

Lao Su quickly glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, shook his head, and didn't speak.

As a veteran of the four dynasties who had served as the prime minister, although he somewhat disliked the Tian family's eagle claws like Huang Chengsi.

But after getting along with each other over the years, I have more or less understood some of their internal rules.

He is very clear.

Although the authority of the Imperial City Division is very large, it is not without constraints.

For example, internal and Chinese officials cannot easily leave the imperial city, and family members cannot easily leave Beijing, and for example.

The Imperial City Division only has the power of supervision, not the power of arrest.

In other words.

The situation that allows the Imperial City Secretary to make an exception to arrest people must be approved by the emperor.

To be more precise, it was the will of the emperor himself.

However, considering that such words are of no benefit to the current situation, and may even worry Xiao Li, Su still chose to conceal the news.

Then he thought of something, turned around, and asked the tearful maid Xiaoyun:

"Xiaoyun, Zhao Yuanpeng only took Uncle Wen away?"

Xiaoyun nodded timidly:

"That's right, only the master was taken away."

"And what about the object?"

"It seems that I went to the study to find some things again, and then drove away all the servants, left them on duty, and sealed the door."

Old Su pondered for a moment when he heard the words, and had some vague judgments in his heart, so he said to Xiao Li:

"Qingzhao, the servants in Uncle Wen's mansion are fine, which means that this matter must involve a higher level and has nothing to do with ordinary servants."

"Or it's just a trivial matter, such as a colleague being taken away in an accident to assist in inquiries and so on."

"But no matter which of the above situations is the case, as Uncle Wen's daughter, you probably won't be released at will like a servant. If there is no accident, someone will definitely take you away and imprison you."

"Remember, no matter where you are taken in the future, don't panic too much. The old man will deal with Uncle Wen outside."

"Besides."

"Although the one in the palace is a bit stupid, he is not a tyrant. You don't have to worry too much about being harmed. Your own concentration is the most important thing."

Xiao Li nodded lightly when he heard the words, obviously ready, he opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

However, at this moment.

Zheng Kuan, the doorman in charge of guarding the courtyard in the mansion, suddenly ran in from the courtyard in a hurry, and said:

"Master, it's not good, a group of people came outside the door, and the leader took the gold order from the palace and said they wanted to take Miss Li away!"

Lao Su and Zong Ze beside him looked at each other:

"It came so fast!"

The voice just fell.

Seven or eight men in plain clothes poured in from outside the courtyard.

The leader among them was a thin middle-aged man with triangular eyes and an obscene look.

In ancient times, this kind of appearance was generally not allowed to be an official.

This person obviously knew Lao Su. After entering the hospital, he took out a small golden sign and bowed his hands to Lao Su:

"The servants of the lower officials all know that Zhao Yuanpeng has met Su Gong, Su Gong, the lower officials have taken the liberty to come to your mansion today, but they are ordered to take away Li Qingzhao, the daughter of Li Gefei, the senior servant."

"This order is proof, please don't stop Su Gong."

Old Su secretly cast a look of "remember what I said before" at Xiao Li, and then nodded slightly:

"We all know that since the lord has the order, the old man has no reason to stop it."

"However, we all know, my lord, that Uncle Wen is an old friend of this old man after all. Can I ask curiously, what crime did Uncle Wen commit?"

Zhao Yuanpeng pulled an ugly smile at the corner of his mouth, and said:

"Su Gong, this matter is of great importance and involves a very high level."

"If the lower official tells the reason, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep my head until tomorrow, so I ask Su Gong to forgive me."

However, perhaps considering Lao Su's personal prestige and connections, Zhao Yuanpeng hesitated for a moment, and added:

"Su Gong, the subordinate officials are ordered by their master to summon Miss Li away instead of being imprisoned. Su Gong doesn't have to worry about Miss Li's other problems."

After speaking, he looked at Xiao Li and made a gesture of invitation:

"Miss Li, the sedan chair is just outside the house, please."

Xiao Li saw that he glanced at Lao Su, then at Xu Yun, and bowed slightly.

Then he loosened his grip on the servant girl Xiaoyun, wiped the corners of the maidservant's eyes who had appeared in "Do you know, do you know, should be green, fat, red and thin", and followed Zhao Yuanpeng to leave the courtyard.

Lao Su watched the group of people gradually go away like this, and sighed disappointedly.

Not long after Xiao Li was taken away.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew in the courtyard, the sky suddenly darkened, and it began to rain heavily.

Tick, tick.

Old Su stood under the eaves, watching the raging wind and slanting rain in the courtyard, his face was far less relaxed than he had been with Xiao Li before.

It is clear.

Judging from the performance of Zhao Yuanpeng and others, Lao Li's arrest must have involved Zhao Ji in the palace.

But Lao Li is no more than the fifth grade, what big trouble can he cause?

To know.

The Song Dynasty was not like the previous Tang Dynasty.

Officials in the Tang Dynasty had only the third rank at the highest level, and the first and second ranks above were empty positions and did not handle state affairs.

But the Song Dynasty was different. There were many real positions in the first rank of the court, both literary and military.

During Song Shenzong's period, the highest number of first-rank members in the imperial court was as many as thirty-eight.

A middle servant doctor of the fifth rank is nothing more than an ordinary petty official.

In addition, Li Gefei is not the kind of person who is obsessed with politics, and he has never heard of which side he is on, etc.!

Old Su thought about it, and suddenly his heart trembled.

One possibility came to mind:

Could it be

Is it King Jian?

Then he turned his head, looked at Mr. Xie who was at the side, and asked:

"In the first year, how is His Royal Highness Jian Wang?"

Although he has served for several years.

But not long ago, the death of the Empress Dowager and the visits of many officials made him gradually have a strange premonition.

Therefore, he 'activated' some contacts again, and paid attention to the movements in Beijing and China.

And the one responsible for summarizing these news is Mr. Xie, who has followed him for decades.

Hearing Lao Su's words, Xie Lao Guan quickly said:

"Master, His Royal Highness Jian Wang has not changed in recent days. The only special thing in the past few months is that he moved out of the palace and temporarily lived in the Prince's Mansion in Donghua Lane."

Old Su nodded thoughtfully, then turned to Xu Yun and said:

"Xiao Wang, it seems that you were the one who proposed to let King Jian go out of the palace?"

Xu Yun glanced at the low dark clouds in the sky, adjusted his mood, and tried to make his tone calmer:

"That's right. At that time, the villain thought that the Queen Mother had passed away. In order to avoid suspicion, His Highness King Jian should go out of the palace to find a place to live."

Song Huizong was born in June 1082 AD, and has just turned 18 years old now.

Xiao Zhao was born in 1083, a full year younger than Zhao Ji, and is only 17 years old now.

According to ancient rules.

Men do not become adults until they are 20 years old. This is also the age when ordinary princes move out of the palace and build their own mansions.

But three months ago, because the Empress Dowager Xiang had just entered the mausoleum, Zhao Ji had to stay in the Song Mausoleum for a month.

Xu Yun took this opportunity to persuade Xiao Zhao to move out of the palace.

After all, Zhao Ji kept his filial piety in Gongyi, but there were more than one hundred concubines in the palace. According to the etiquette system, they only need to eat vegetarian food.

Xiao Zhao can often go to the harem because his mother Zhu Guifei is alive.

When you think about it, it's more like that.

Therefore, from the perspective of avoiding suspicion.

Xiao Zhao followed Xu Yun's suggestion and proposed to Zhao Ji the idea of ​​moving out of the palace.

Although Zhao Ji "had five other children" after being taken away by the Jinren.

But this is just forced by the situation, and it doesn't mean that he has tauren attributes and some weird XP.

Therefore, after Xiao Zhao proposed this idea, Zhao Ji quickly sent a reply of agreement.

Other than that.

There is really nothing special about Xiao Zhao these days.

Afterwards, Lao Su's chest heaved a few times, as if he had made a certain decision, he said to Xie Laodu and Zong Ze:

"In the first year, you should send someone to scout for information, to see if you can dig out some inside information.

"If you can't, at least find out where Uncle Wen and Qingzhao are placed, so they may be abused."

"Ru Lin, you are a Jinshi in the sixth year of Yuanyou. According to our court return system, there should be many classmates waiting in Beijing at this time."

"You can try to inquire. You don't want to know the truth, but you can understand some corners."

Mr. Xie Guan and Zong Ze looked at each other, they clasped their hands together and said:

"yes!"

After explaining this, Old Su let out a light breath, and his whole body was faintly depressed.

As a person in the officialdom.

In the past fifty years, he has seen too many officials sentenced to prison for various reasons.

A few of them were acquitted, and most of them were exiled. They went to harass others to sleep in Chengtian Temple if they had nothing to do.

Others were issued exiles, even.

lost his life.

While Lao Li's situation seemed normal, Lao Su had a vague premonition in his heart, far from being as calm as Xiao Li.

Or to be precise.

This is a serious premonition that has never been seen in the past fifty years.

After Mr. Xie Guan and Zong Ze left.

Lao Su sent Xu Yun, who had no role in this chapter, back to the house.

He came to the study by himself.

I wrote letters to several old friends who were still in court.

But what Lao Su didn't expect was that.

This was something he thought would not be too publicized.

But in just a few days, it developed into a powder keg that detonated the entire capital, no, the entire Song Dynasty!

One day after Lao Li was arrested.

Zhao Yuanpeng dispatched again.

Rushed into a certain mansion and arrested Cheng Yi, a professor of Guozijian and storyteller of Chongzheng Palace.

Another day passed.

Chao Buzhi, doctor of the Ministry of Rites and editor of the History Museum, was arrested.

in the next three days

Lu Dian, Fan Chunli, Yang Wei, and Shangguan were dozens of officials who were in office or retired.

All arrested!

Among them is a person who is quite famous in later generations:

Su Zhe.

This time, the arrest under the charge of the Imperial City Division was like a storm, without giving anyone any time to react.

Some of them were even taken away abruptly in the wine bureau or painting boat, and only said a word or two from the beginning to the end.

And if someone comes from later generations and is more familiar with the history of the late Song Dynasty, he will find out.

Including Lao Li.

The more than 50 officials arrested have different positions, different ranks, and different ages.

But all have the same identity.

Even years later, they will be written on a monument.

The total number of people on the stele is 309, and the leader is Sima Guang.

That's right.

they are

Members of the Yuanyou Party!

With the expansion of the scope of the arrest, a rumor gradually spread:

The Secretary of the Imperial City found a strange object called a microscope in the home of Li Gefei, a senior servant!

It's just weird in appearance, and what's even stranger is its interior.

To know.

When today's son was named Zhao Ji, and he was born in Yaori, the word Ji belonged to Binghuo.

And those who understand the five elements know it.

There are two five elements of fire in the ten heavens:

One is Ding Huo.

The other is Binghuo.

Among them, the attribute of Ding fire is Yin, which is a kind of weak fire.

It represents the fire of the candle, the fire of the hearth, in short, the ordinary fire of the world.

But Binghuo is different.

The attribute of Binghuo is Yang, which is the fire of the sun.

Bullying the frost and insulting the snow, it illuminates all things, so it is Yanghuo.

In other words.

The Son of Heaven is Yang and Light!

And on the object called the microscope, there is actually something called

reflector!

Reflective reflective.

Isn't this just rebellion?

More critically.

The people of the Imperial City Division found the base of the microscope, a concealed internal structure.

The name and birthday of the current Holy Majesty!