After walking for about half an hour, Zhao Zhen and his party walked to a place several meters away from Xia Shu Mansion. It happened to be five meters diagonally opposite Xia Shu Mansion, and there was a Fugui Restaurant with two floors above and below.

So, Zhao Zhen took his people into the Fugui Restaurant and chose a private room facing the street. He could see clearly the situation at the gate of Xia Shu Mansion through the private room window.

In the early Northern Song Dynasty, ordinary people still had two meals a day, eating morning meals at Chen and evening meals at Shen.

As for wealthy families, especially the ministers of the court and the nobles of the palace, they not only have three meals a day, one meal at noon, but also four meals a day and another midnight snack at night.

By the time of Emperor Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, with the development of social economy becoming more prosperous than in the early Song Dynasty, many ordinary people also began to eat three meals a day, especially in Tokyo, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, where there was a population of more than one million, and the restaurant business was very prosperous.

In this private room on the street in Fugui Restaurant, although there was a sumptuous meal, the only people sitting on the table were Zhao Zhen and Zhao Huiruo, father and daughter, while Zhang Maoze and six big guards stood aside and watched.

Facing a table of rich dishes, Zhao Zhen had no appetite. All his thoughts were now focused on the two stone lions that had not been removed in front of Xia Shu's mansion.

After sitting for a long time, Zhao Zhen stood up, walked to the window of the private room, opened the window and looked diagonally across from each other for a while, and asked Zhang Maoze who was standing beside him, "Maoze, what time is it now? How long is it until noon?"

Facing Zhao Zhen's inquiry, Zhang Maoze, who was standing aside, dared not be negligent at all. He quickly stepped forward and bowed and replied: "The official family is probably six minutes after Si and six minutes, and there are still almost two minutes before the day of noon."

As soon as Zhang Maoze finished his answer, Zhao Zhen saw a dozen people walking over from the south side of the street wearing "blue shirts and one collar" street office worker coming, which made him, who was anxious, calm down a little.

If Zhao Zhen had not seen the street officials in a moment, Zhao Zhen would have made a decision in his mind, that was, he would take six great guards to remove the two stone lions in front of Xia Shu's mansion.

After all, in the middle of the night, Zhao Zhen sent an oral order to Kaifeng Prefecture Prime Minister Bao Zheng to remove the two big stone lions at the door of Xia Shu's mansion before noon today.

If the two stone lions in front of Xia Shu's mansion were still as stable as Mount Tai after noon today, how could Zhao Zhen, as the king of a country, be in the face of that time?

Standing in front of the window for a long time, Zhao Zhen told Zhang Maoze to pay the bill quickly. Although the table of dishes did not move a few chopsticks, they left the Fugui Restaurant and went to the door of Xia Shu's mansion to watch closely.

When Zhao Zhen and his party came to the gate of Xia Shu Mansion, hundreds of pedestrians were watching, because at this time, Wang Hao, with Zhang Sanmu and ten soldiers from the street department, were facing each other with Deacon Zheng and more than 20 servants in Xia Shu Mansion.

"Deacon Zheng, since the beginning of this year, I have informed you three times in a row. The two stone lions in front of the Prison Mansion must be removed. You just agreed on your mouth, but did not take any practical actions. Don't you take our street department seriously?" Wang Hao suppressed the anger in his heart and asked Deacon Zheng, who was standing half a foot away in front of him.

When Wang Hao finished questioning, he felt that the last question he asked was a bit stupid, because if Deacon Zheng really took their street department seriously, when he first told Deacon Zheng, Deacon Zheng would remove the two stone lions, and would not delay from Chenshi to the near noon, and the two stone lions were still standing still without moving.

Facing Wang Hao's questioning, Deacon Zheng, who put his hands on his hips, laughed a few times at first, and then replied in a disapproving tone: "Your Street Department is just a small Qingshui Yamen in our Tokyo City, and your Si Cheng is just an eighth-rank official. How can you compare with our Prime Minister's House? You are clearly taking self-indulgence."

Speaking of this, Deacon Zheng paused for a moment, then put his hands behind his back, raised his big belly, and continued to speak in an arrogant tone: "Although I am a deacon in the Xia Zhizai Mansion, I have hundreds of servants in my hands.

"Also, the officials at all levels in Beijing who came to ask for our Xia Zhizhao were polite to see this deacon. You, a small street manager, naturally, will not be able to get to the eyes of this deacon."

What Zhao Zhen never expected was that Xia Shu, who was respectful in front of him on weekdays, actually raised such an arrogant deacon in his mansion, which made him extremely angry.

Next, the conversation between Wang Hao and Deacon Zheng made Zhao Zhen extremely angry.

Wang Hao took out the official documents of Kaifeng Prefecture Prime Minister Bao Zheng again, and asked Deacon Zheng who was standing in front of him again, "Deacon Zheng, since our small streets cannot get your eyes on you, the official documents of Bao Gong, Kaifeng Prefecture Prime Minister, I hold in my hand, should I have the official documents of Deacon Zheng, you?

"Also, I must emphasize to you one thing. The official documents on this are clearly written. The prefect Bao ordered the official's oral order and ordered our street officials to remove the two stone lions in front of your priest's house before noon today. Even if the official documents of the prefect Bao cannot be seen by your law, do you dare to disobey the official's oral order?"

When Wang Hao finished questioning again, Deacon Zheng couldn't help laughing a few more times, and then said wildly: "You are a small street clerk who thought that you would dare to touch the stone lion in front of our priest's house with the official documents of Bao Zheng, the prefect of Kaifeng, and you would dare to touch the stone lion in front of our priest's house. It was ridiculous.

"Your behavior now is clearly taking chicken feathers as an arrow. Not to mention the official documents of Kaifeng Prefecture Bao Zheng, let alone the oral orders of the officials. Even if it is the imperial edict of the officials, even if the officials come in person and want to move the stone lion in front of our priest's house, I, Zheng, will never agree."

On this side, Deacon Zheng finished speaking arrogantly, and on the other side, Zhao Zhen, who was standing in front of him, almost vomited blood.

Unbearable Zhao Zhen immediately instructed Zhang Maoze, who was approaching, to take the token written by him with "As I am here" and quickly go to Kaifeng Prefecture and call Kaifeng Prefecture Prime Minister Bao Zheng to ask questions.

As it was about to be noon, more than a dozen tolls from the street office were still facing each other with more than twenty servants in the Xia Zhizai Mansion, which made Zhao Zhen go around like an ant on a hot pan.

In a stalemate, a handsome young man suddenly rushed out of the crowd of onlookers and said loudly in a righteous manner. "The servants in Xia Zhizhuo's house were so arrogant and domineering in broad daylight. They not only treated the street officers who performed official duties, but also slandered and humiliated the Kaifeng prefect Bao Gong, and even ignored the Zhao family. This is really outrageous.
Chapter completed!