Since arriving in Tokyo City the day before yesterday, Xu Ning has always behaved as if he had something on his mind. Mother Xu was the same, when she saw Wang Shi, she was terrified.

She had never seen a few noble ladies in her life, and the first one she saw was a marquise like Wang Shi, and she couldn't say anything.

Yesterday he fought with Tang Wen, and Xu Ning was forced to fight back when he couldn't bear it anymore. After Xu's mother learned about it, she even cried.

But now it's okay, Xu Ning's child is not stupid, Tang Ning made his words clear again, and when he asked Xu Ning to pick two books to take home, it was obvious that this child had let go a lot.

That's right, when the master accepted him as an apprentice, he was not polite.

There was nothing to do, so Tang Ning called Li Zi out of the door. Trying to seduce a few Assassins, he didn't get in the way until he got home.

Tang Ning's heart was both relieved and regretful. The tiger in front of you is not scary, it is always the poisonous snake hiding in the grass.

The tiger will also bark before biting, and when the person bites the snake reacts, the venom has already entered the body.

The next day, Tang Ning finally waited for the summons of the messenger. This is the first time that someone has allowed him to enter the palace on behalf of the authorities since he returned to Tokyo for three days.

But this timing was a bit delicate, and the messenger told him to go to the court tomorrow. Tang Ning thought about it, and estimated that there would be a war of words tomorrow, so he recuperated on this day, got up early the next morning, washed up, and got into a carriage into the city.

Maybe it was a little late, but when Tang Ning arrived at the gate of the palace, the gate was already wide open. So he walked straight in, and in front of the door of the vertical arch hall, he saw the civil and military officials waiting for the door of the palace to open.

If you want to choose the people of the year who appeared in the Song court, Cai Jing, who represents the old party, and Zhang Dan, who represents the new party, will naturally be selected, and after these two people, it will be Tang Ning.

Because of Wang Shiniang's family, there are two families who have always been on Tangning's side. Although the Cao family and the Wang family usually don't express their stance much, they will still stand up and support Tang Ning on some major matters.

For example, this time, the two families stood up and expressed their support for Tang Ning with great fanfare. Originally, the opportunity to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun was hard to come by, if the Liao State was relieved, where could the sixteen states of Yanyun be recovered so easily?

Zhang Dian also agreed with Downing, and this man's personality was quite radical. Cai Bian did not express his position, Zeng Bu opposed Tang Ning's reckless behavior, and he felt that there must be a better way to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

Most of the rest of the people are looking at the direction of the backer to choose, and there are many neutral ones, but most of them are clearly supportive or condemned.

This caused Tang Ning to come to the door of the Vertical Arch Palace, some people took the initiative to run up to greet Tang Ning, while others, even if Tang Ning was standing beside them, they would not look at Tang Ning once.

"The official has arrived."

As the eunuch pinched his throat and shouted, the door of the vertical arch hall opened. Hundreds of civil and military officials rushed in, and Zhao Xu, whose face was smeared with red powder, sat on the only chair in the hall, expressionless, and didn't know what he was thinking.

Seeing Tang Ning, Zhao Xu only nodded at him slightly.

"Today's court meeting, do you have something to discuss?" Zhao Xu saw that the ministers had already stood up, so he asked out loud.

Tang Ning's official position is not low now, whether it is in the lineup of military attachés or civilian officials, he has no problem standing in the first three rows. But he never usually goes to court, and no one teaches him these rules. He himself was glad to be pure, and ran to the back to stand.

Hearing Zhao Xu's slightly lacking voice, Tang Ning sighed. I don't know how long he can last, with his current poor physical condition, maybe death will be a relief for him.

After Zhao Xu finished speaking, a minister came out to state the affairs. Tang Ning listened for a while, most of them were attacking other officials, and only a small part was talking about things, and they were talking about things that had already been done.

There is no nutrition in such a court, and Tang Ning has been yawning for a while after listening to it.

The gold-armored guards in the court looked at Tang Ning with admiration, and it was the first time he had seen anyone who dared to lean on the pillar and pretend to sleep at the court meeting. is worthy of a victorious general, and what he does is so different.

Before he closed his eyes, Tang Ning heard someone say: "Official, Weichen has something to do." ”

"Speak."

"Yes." The man cleared his throat and continued: "Recently, there have been a lot of people in Tokyo, and Wei Chen felt strange in his heart, so he investigated.

The results were taken by Weichen by surprise. It turned out that the Marquis of Danyang released a bounty, wanting to use 1,000 taels of gold as a bounty to buy the head of the envoy of the Liao State.

The official family, the Marquis of Danyang is in a high position, and he blatantly hires murderers so openly, isn't he lawless and ignorant of the laws of the Great Song Dynasty?

Danyang Hou blatantly violated the law, and if he did not show punishment, I am afraid that officials would follow suit. If it is known by the people, the court will be disgraced and will no longer have prestige.

The ministers dared to ask the officials to dispose of the Marquis of Danyang according to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty to set an example. ”

The man jumped out and said this, and it was like pouring a bowl of water into a pot of hot oil. It was originally like a vertical arch hall in a vegetable market, but now it is completely boiling.

A group of people echoed and talked about various reasons.

When Tang Ning heard them talk about himself, he knew that today's highlight had just begun. So he stood up and pretended to be listening.

Zhao Xu glanced at Tang Ning, who was pretending, and was a little speechless. There was a chaotic buzz of flies in his ears, and he wanted to shout silence, but he didn't have the strength to do it.

glanced at Li Duzhi, and Li Duzhi comprehended. Take a deep breath and exclaim, "Silence."

！ ”

Only then did the civil and military officials quiet down, watching Zhao Xu and waiting for Zhao Xu's speech.

"Where is Downing?" Zhao Xu asked lazily.

Tang Ning hurriedly trotted to the red carpet in the middle, and said, "Weichen is here!" ”

Zhao Xu nodded and asked, "What Tan Yushi said, but is it true?" ”

Tang Ning thought for a while and replied: "Wechen doesn't know where Tan Yushi got this news from, if Tan Yushi asked from the street, then Wechen hopes that Tan Yushi will investigate it and then talk about it." ”

Tan Yushi snorted disdainfully and said, "Where did the official ask from, Danyang Hou doesn't have to care." The official dared to take the head guarantee of the item, and the source of this information was very reliable.

Your behavior has violated the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, Marquis Danyang, you still obediently admit your guilt, don't quibble.

I know that you are good at strong arguments, but in the face of the facts, all your efforts have been in vain. What's more, isn't it clear in your heart whether or not you did this? ”

Tang Ning looked at Tan Yushi deeply, and then looked at Zhao Xu and said: "Official, just from Tan Yushi's words, Weichen suddenly discovered a loophole in the law of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

In this situation, Zhao Xu naturally wanted to cooperate with Tang Ning to sing a double reed. Although he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Tangning's gourd, he still cooperated: "Oh? Tell me about it, what's the loophole? ”

Tang Ning glanced at Tan Yushi and said: "Official, looking at the laws of my Great Song Dynasty, there are laws of condemnation in every case. But isn't the biggest loophole that slander goes unnoticed?

For example, Tan Yushi Fangcai, who insisted that Weichen was a Weichen and wanted to reward the head of the Liao envoy with a thousand taels of gold, so even you, I'm afraid you will be suspicious of Weichen, right? ”

Zhao Xu nodded and said, "That's true." ”

"But Weichen obviously hasn't done this, Tan Yushi opened his mouth, and Weichen was going to break his leg to prove it, isn't this a big joke in the world?

Wechen is obviously a victim, but he still has to prove that Wechen is a victim, can Tan Yushi convict Wechen just by saying a mouth?

It's not that Wechen is a thief, let Wechen prove it, Wechen is naturally willing. But Tan Yushi's bloody mouth spewed people, but he didn't have to pay the slightest price, Weichen felt that this was a loophole in the law of the Great Song Dynasty.

Wechen strongly suggested that the crime of defamation be added to the law of the Great Song Dynasty, and those who slander others should be punished very severely if they are falsely accused.

Because the slanderer's motives are impure and his heart is sinister, and it may not be cruel to cut off his tongue, Wechen suggested that the slanderer be punished by the palace......"

"What do you say?" Tan Yushi was furious when he heard this, and after shouting, he looked at Zhao Xu and said, "Official, Danyang Hou's move is to change the topic, please ignore it and convict him as soon as possible!" ”