Duan Yunjie propped up the table, looked at the back of Xu Ping leaving in the distance, and sighed secretly. She is different from others, she is not a weak woman who can't live alone without her father, she should have a different life from others.

Not far away, Tan Erniang was gossiping with Zhou Chui'an, and the other forbidden troops drove away the noisy Wu Er.

Duan Yunjie looked at them, sometimes she really didn't know what happiness was. Tan Erniang used to fall into the dust, and now she is satisfied with Zhou Chui'an to meet every now and then, and Zeng Lai didn't feel how difficult the future would be.

Xiao Huangmen put away all the side dishes he was carrying, and said to Duan Yunjie: "It's getting late, I'll go back first." The lady of the Duan family, come over early tomorrow morning to calculate the money with you. ”

"Cabinet Chief, walk slowly."

The little yellow door carried the vegetables, went around the corner, and entered the palace through the back door.

Guarding the palace gate is the Imperial City Division, and the palace guards are the front of the palace Division, Zhu Banzhi, these people are all familiar to Xiao Huangmen. came up to talk and laughed, searched Xiao Huangmen's body, said hello, let him into the palace, folded into the back garden and walked to the queen's palace.

In the side room of the main hall, Shi Quanbin sat alone guarding the lamp. He carried all the miscellaneous things in the queen's palace, and he was not the queen's attendant, and he didn't need to follow the queen.

At this hour, the queen is playing with the emperor in the back garden, and it is not easy for them to come forward.

Speaking of the queen and the emperor, Shi Quanbin was full of troubles.

Queen Guo has a hard temperament, and when the Queen Mother is there, she spoils her again, and she is used to saying everything in the harem. As soon as the queen mother left, there was no one to support the queen, and there was a mess in the harem.

Emperor Zhao Zhen can't say that he is lewd, but he still likes women, and his temperament is soft, and without the control of the queen mother, he got together with a few beautiful harem concubines. Recently, especially Shang Meiren and Yang Meiren, they have been particularly favored in front of the emperor, and Yang Meiren's mouth is also unforgiving, and she often talks with the queen who is watching coldly.

The women were awkward, and the attendants suffered.

Shi Quanbin was on the queen's side, and he originally had the upper hand on the two beauties, but Yan Wenying intervened and protected the two beauties everywhere, so Shi Quanbin couldn't raise his head. Out of sight and out of mind, there is no need for him to look for anger.

There is no one in charge in the harem, and the noise is more lively than the big families outside.

This can only be blamed on the current owner in the harem, Empress Dowager Yang, who is too soft and can't be ruthless to anyone, and the result is that no one in the palace is afraid of her. Although Queen Guo has a hard temperament, she does not have the authority of the Queen Mother, nor does she have the means, and no one pays attention to her when she speaks.

Hearing the door, Shi Quanbin turned his head to see the little yellow door and asked, "Why is it longer than usual today?" ”

Xiao Huangmen said: "Pavilion Chief, it's also a coincidence, today I happened to meet Judge Yantie Xu in the store who was also there, and I saluted and greeted a few words, and then delayed." ”

"Judge Xu?" Shi Quanbin reacted immediately, "Are you talking about Xu Ping?" ”

"Not really. He took the officials to Niuma City on business today, and happened to have dinner there. Also, I see that Judge Xu's little lady who opened the shop just now seems to be familiar with each other, and the two have talked for a long time! ”

"Which little lady?" Shi Quanbin pondered for a while, and suddenly remembered that when he arrived in Yongzhou, there was a magistrate of Taiping County, Duan Fang, and occasionally heard that his daughter was also doing some chores in the promotion department, and she was outstanding in learning. At that time, I only thought that Yongzhou was a remote and barbaric place, not like the Central Plains, and women were not afraid to show their heads, didn't she also go to the capital?

Thinking of this, Shi Quanbin stood up, paced back and forth in the room for a while, turned to Xiao Huangmen and said, "Tomorrow, you go to the store to ask clearly, is that little lady Duan from Yongzhou?" Why did you live in the capital? ”

Xiao Huangmen promised: "But it's just right, today's money hasn't been counted yet, and we will ask together tomorrow." ”

Shi Quanbin nodded, looking at the dark night outside.

Since the emperor was in power, both inside and outside the court were liquidating the connections of the queen mother when she was in power. Although Fan Zhongyan admonished and did not allow the ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to talk about the gains and losses of the Empress Dowager when she was in power, he said that he was not allowed to say it, and the liquidation was still going on.

Shi Quanbin has nothing to do with Empress Dowager Liu, it is said that he should be the one who gains, and the bad is bad for Queen Guo. Empress Guo was originally appointed by the Queen Mother, and she was proud of the palace for a few years with the power of the Queen Mother, but now that the situation has changed, she has completely failed to realize that she should be restrained, and recently she has become a newly favored beauty.

Sooner or later, Shi Quanbin felt very wronged.

The number one celebrity in the palace today is Yan Wenying, not that the emperor likes him much, Zhao Zhen's temperament has always been really close to him, and people who are close to him may not be able to make much money. Yan Wenying's real backstage is the Empress Dowager Yang, and the Empress Dowager Yang misses the old.

Shi Quanbin felt a little powerless in the palace, and he was now counting on Xu Ping from the outer court to help him fight Yan Wenying.

The Imperial City Division has two commanders under the jurisdiction of the forbidden army, and its main responsibility is to guard the palace gate and control the key. The defense of the palace does not really count on them, it relies on the leaders of the front division of the palace, which is the elite of the elite, selected from the forbidden army in the whole world. And the forbidden army of the Imperial City Division mixes with the personal officials, the personal officials and the inner courtyard every day, and they are either miscellaneous or royal spies, and they can't be elite if they want to. However, according to the principle of stacking beds and frames in the imperial institutions of the Great Song Dynasty and everyone being contained, the forbidden army of the Imperial City Division also played the role of containing Zhubanzhi, guarding and patrolling in the palace.

In the barracks of the Imperial City Division Forbidden Army not far from the palace, Wu Eryi took a few casual forbidden troops who usually mixed together early in the morning, and did not participate in the morning training, standing on the side of the road in the barracks and scolding Zhou Chui'an.

This is the scenery in the forbidden army, and it is difficult to control it. Because the direct commanders have no power to control them, and the bosses use these pawns to contain the commanders, which is also one of the bad habits inherited from the five generations of forbidden troops.

The sun was rising, and the forbidden troops who had finished the morning training returned to the camp to cook, and Wu Er and the others were still scolding.

Zhou Chuian was so angry that his teeth itched, and he held the handle of the waist knife several times, and was held down by his cronies. In the barracks, officers with backgrounds can naturally do whatever they want, and people like him who have no background still have to be honest.

Wu Er saw Zhou Chui'an's reaction and wanted to be proud: "Do you want to draw a knife?" Grandpa is waiting for you here with his neck stretched, if you bring seeds, come up and cut a knife! Straight thief, grandpa told you that it is not up to you to decide in this barracks, but as long as you leave the barracks, grandpa has the final say! If you dare to transfer us out this time, you won't leave the barracks! ”

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion at the camp gate, and the officers and soldiers in the distance crossed their hands and saluted: "I've seen the captain!" ”

Before Wu Eryi could react, in the blink of an eye, dozens of horses rolled up in front of him.

A sturdy middle-aged man in front looked up and down at Wu Er and the others standing in the middle of the road, and said in a deep voice: "Why is it noisy? ”

Zhou Chui'an walked forward quickly and crossed his hand to the middle-aged man: "Report to the captain, a few pawns can't think about it for a while because of some trivial matters, and they are making noise here endlessly, disturbing the captain!" ”

After speaking, he turned to Wu Er and the others: "Don't come up quickly and apologize!" ”

Wu Er was stunned for a while, and when he saw clearly that it was Yang Jingzhong, who was doing the official affairs of the Imperial City Division, he waved his hand to Zhou Chui'an: "You are deceiving your superiors and subordinates, what nonsense are you talking about!" It's obvious that you are acting unfairly, and I am waiting here to seek justice from you! The captain is here, just in charge of us, let you know that my Great Song Forbidden Army still has military law! ”

Yang Jingzong looked at Wu Er with a cold face, and asked in a deep voice, "What's your name?" ”

Wu Er's hand said loudly: "Little Wu Er, the people of this city!" ”

Yang Jingzong nodded, and looked at Zheng Dahai beside Wu Er.

Zheng Dahai hurriedly crossed his hands: "The little Zheng Dahai is the same as the people of this city." ”

Yang Jingzong's face was gloomy, and the corners of his mouth curled, as if he was smiling.

Wu Er and Zheng Dahai were overjoyed in their hearts, and their eyes were full of eager eyes looking at Yang Jingzong.

Yang Jingzong is the cousin of the Empress Dowager Yang, and when he was young, he was a ruffian in the capital, and he has always been the idol of Wu Er. I think that when Yang Jingzong was down, he used to do odd jobs when Ding Wei was building the house, helping to carry soil to the house. Later, Empress Dowager Yang entered the palace, and her status slowly rose, and Yang Jingzong made a fortune. By the time Ding Wei fell, Zhao Zhen, who was raised by Empress Dowager Yang, had already taken over the throne, and Ding Wei's mansion was given to Yang Jingzong.

The social status of this era changed drastically, and such legends and stories were endless.

Zhao Zhen was raised by the two queen mothers, the Empress Dowager Liu was strict, and the Empress Dowager Yang was spoiled. Later, he learned that his biological mother was Empress Dowager Li, and Zhao Zhen was more or less resentful of Empress Dowager Liu, but he had always regarded Empress Dowager Yang as his closest person, and this family affection also affected his attitude towards Yang Jingzong.

If it weren't for Yang Jingzong's rogue habits that are difficult to change and too uncompromising, his status would not be inferior to Li Yonghe.

Yang Jingzong looked at Wu Er and Zheng Dahai's eager expressions, turned his face away, and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "In the barracks, there is nothing to make noise, where is the military law!" Come on, these two leading janitors, Wu Er and Zheng Dahai, each beat a hundred military sticks to set an example! ”

As he spoke, he glanced at his own soldiers.

The soldiers comprehended, led people to jump off the horse, rushed over and kicked Wu Er and Zheng Dahai, who had not yet reacted, to the ground, dragged them aside, stripped off their shirts, exposed their backs, and took the military sticks they had brought with them.

According to the system, the upper part of the cane is flat and elastic, and the spine cane does not take a person's life. But today Yang Jingzong is here to ask for the lives of these two people, and the hands and feet have been made on the scepter, and the executioners are all veterans, and the methods are old.

At the beginning, I heard the two screaming like pigs, and the people around me understood that this was a veteran, and would cooperate with the executioner to sing and howl. When they reached the back of the side, the shouting became lower and lower, and they felt that something was wrong, and when they reached fifty or sixty rods, there was no sound at all, and the onlookers felt cold.

The executioners didn't care about it, they beat enough for a hundred rods, and the wounded ones went up to probe that the two of them were out of breath, turned to Yang Jingzong and said: "Tai Lieutenant, these two people are usually lazy, don't participate in drills, they are empty of wine, they can't stand the cane, and they have lost their lives!" ”

Yang Jingzong looked at Zhou Chui'an and said in a deep voice: "Such lazy soldiers can't even stand the spine staff, how can they get on the battlefield?" Dare to gather a crowd here to make trouble, expose the corpse for a day, and tomorrow you will bury him! ”

After speaking, he took his own soldiers and left.

Last night, Xu Ping looked for Li Zhang overnight, Li Zhang looked for Yang Jingzong early in the morning, and killed the two of them in the morning.

Li Zhang and Yang Jingzong are relatives of two different empress dowagers, and they are in the same spirit. What's more important is that Yang Jingzong is a good wine, these days he has partnered with the family of Chai Zongqing, who is attached to the horse, to buy one of the 72 main stores, and wants to sell liquor from the Xu family.

Now the Xu family's liquor business has become bigger, although the scale cannot be compared with the first-class stores such as Fan Lou, but it also belongs to the middle of the seventy-two stores. Recently, the number of high-grade liquor has begun to increase, and the Xu family itself does not open a restaurant in the city, and the big restaurants are vying for a relationship with the Xu family.

Yang Jingzong himself is good at liquor, and it is not possible to open a restaurant without the wine of the Xu family. And after Xu Pingzhong Jinshi, except for Li Yonghe's family, who had a world friend, he had cut off contact with all the clan's relatives, not to mention that he still had some petty grievances with Chai Zongqing.

The Iron Filings Building opened, and Yang Jingzong was still counting on Li Zhang's path to have a relationship with the Xu family. Compared to this, the two forbidden soldiers who are not long-sighted are really insignificant, not to mention that they are looking for death by themselves. (To be continued.) )