At this moment, Wu Xiaodao came in from outside and reported: "Your Majesty, Tang Shangshu from the Ministry of Household Affairs and Chen Shilang from the Ministry of Personnel would like to see you."

When Zhao Tong heard this, his eyes fell on Fan Xuewen. Fan Xuewen must have tipped off the information, and the two of them knew that he was in the cabinet.

Feeling Zhao Tong's gaze, Fan Xuewen had some doubts in his heart. He originally sent Mr. Wu to invite Chen Shilang, but for some reason Tang Shangshu came with him. He couldn't figure out the reason, so he hung his head lower, as if he was admitting guilt.

Zhao Tong sat there and squinted his eyes. The Minister of Tang Dynasty was Tang Ke, who was currently serving as the Minister of Household Affairs. He was also a national thief with a weird and contradictory temperament.

When he was young, Tang Ke was very capable and had a strong sense of justice. Whether he was redressing the grievances of the people or fighting floods to save the people, he dared to speak out and was not afraid of the official's wrath or impeachment.

During the Jingkang period, Tang Ke worshiped the young prime minister and the minister of Zhongshu, who was the deputy prime minister.

When the Jin army invaded the south, Tang Ke was a peace advocate. He proposed to Zhao Huan several times to abandon the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan and Hejian to seek peace with the other party. He also openly and secretly excluded the main war ministers in the DPRK.

When the Jin soldiers came over, King Qin's rebel troops from all over the country gathered in the capital and came to escort them to participate in the battle. However, Tang Ke ordered the rebels from all over the country not to act rashly, so King Qin's army dispersed without a fight.

The Jin army later proposed to draw a river as a boundary, and all areas east of Hebei and Hebei would be returned to Jin. Tang Ke encouraged Zhao Huan to write a letter to Wanyan Zongwang, expressing his compliance. As a result, the soldiers and civilians in Tokyo were angry, and he was spurned by the soldiers and civilians when he followed Zhao Huan on a tour of the city.

He was beaten angrily, then impeached, and forced to resign.

After the two emperors were exiled to the north, the Jin army established Zhang Bangchang as emperor. Tang Ke was quite supportive, but he committed suicide by taking poison after signing the certificate of recommendation.

Since he sold his country and signed his name, why did he commit suicide by taking poison? I am afraid only he himself knows the reason.

After a while, Tang Ke and his two men came in. They did not dare to speak after being greeted, but just lowered their heads.

Zhao Tong sneered and said: "You two adults, can you bring troops?"

The two of them didn't dare to scream. Zhao Tong pointed at the Minister of War Wu Yiqian beside the wall and said to them: "You don't have the skills of Minister Wu, but Minister Wu came with the troops!"

The two of them looked back and saw Wu Yiqian leaning against the wall with a pale face, not daring to defend himself, shivering like a quail in winter.

Zhao Tong paused and turned to Fan Xuewen: "Are you Fan Lou's boss?"

Fan Xuewen said hurriedly: "Back to the prince, the guilty people are Fan Loudong's family."

Zhao Tong said: "You claim to have sinned against the people, what crime did you commit?"

Fan Xuewen whispered: "The ten major crimes committed by the sinners are: first, not knowing that the prince is coming to Fan Tower, which is a crime of disrespect; second, not coming to greet the prince and toasting, which is a crime of disrespect; third, not arranging the best flower pavilion

Drinking and eating food is a crime of disrespect, and the fourth is..."

After Zhao Tong heard him finish counting his top ten sins, he became a little brighter and said, "I want to stay in Fanlou, what do you think?"

"Ah?" Fan Xuewen was shocked when he heard this. King Qi actually wanted to stay in Fanlou?

The corners of his eyes twitched. Originally, there was no problem in staying in Fan Tower. The middle floor of Fan Tower was prepared for distinguished guests like princes, princes and ministers, but tonight, tonight was a bit wrong...

"Huh?" Zhao Tong saw his hesitation and frowned: "What do Fan Dong's family mean? Do you think I don't know the rules of your guest staying in the middle building?"

Fan Xuewen's heart skipped a beat, Your Majesty, you have never followed the rules, why are you talking about the rules now?

"Or... I am not a distinguished guest in the eyes of Fan Dong's family?"

As soon as Zhao Tong finished speaking, Zhou Chu and Wu Xiaodao directly pulled out the blades and said loudly: "What a profiteer, how dare you despise the prince!"

"There are many thugs outside, I think you want to do harm to the prince!"

"Yes, Fan Lou is so bold. There are so many people outside, do they want to ambush the prince?"

"That's right, otherwise why would Fan Lou have so many thugs? He must be plotting evil!"

Zhou Chu and Wu Xiaodao just said something to each other and rushed forward with blades in hand.

Fan Xuewen was shaken by the shining blade, rolled his eyes, and almost fell to the ground in fright.

His Fan family is a merchant. Although they have done some illegal activities, they are all for the purpose of doing big business and making money. Why is it related to evil intentions...

As for raising thugs, a business like Qianfanlou cannot be done without raising thugs. If you don’t raise thugs, other restaurants will find ways to harass you. You can’t let Kaifeng Prefecture send people to stay here, right? Kaifeng Prefecture

I don’t know how to do it.

It's not that he didn't want to agree to Zhao Tan's overnight stay. If it were another day, he would have wished Zhao Tan could stay in Fanlou. That would be a good opportunity to get attached to him, but it would be difficult to do it tonight, because tonight... the official family is here!

The official family comes to Fan Tower about once or twice a month and almost always stays here. At this time, the middle floor of Fan Tower is not open to others.

Although Fan Lou is currently trying to make a big deal out of a tiger's skin, in fact, let alone those in charge, even Fan Xuewen has only met an official once.

It was just one time, and there was a bead curtain between them. He didn't dare to raise his head. He didn't even know whether the official was fat or thin.

At first, when the officials came to Fanlou, it was arranged by Wang Fu and Gao Qiu, with all the squads guarding them, and the rest could not get close. Later, it was arranged by Zhang Di, and the security was also tight.

Later, a tunnel was dug in the palace, leading directly to the middle tower. The official family lived deep and could not get out. People on the Fan Tower side could hardly see anything. They just received a notice from the palace and made arrangements for Master Li to be ready to receive him.

Drive, and then spend the night, and the official family leaves.

In the entire Fan Tower, only Li Shishi and a maid and a woman brought into the middle tower could see the official family. As for those who came to deal with Fan Tower and get rewards, it was Zhang Di, the chief escort.

When the officials come over tonight, the same process will follow. They should be chatting with Mr. Li in the middle building right now. At this time, let alone entertaining guests in the middle building, no one will come near the north gate.

Now, in order to cover people's eyes and ears, even the guards they brought were guarding the building so that outsiders wouldn't see it. Fan Xuewen was worried and sent additional guards around the north gate. He didn't dare to get too close and stared at it from a distance.

Beimen, don’t dare to relax for a moment.

But now King Qi actually wanted to spend the night in the middle building, and Fan Xuewen's head immediately started to buzz.

At this moment, the knife that looked like snowflakes was shining with cold light, and heart-wrenching words were spewed out of the mouths of the two guards for free. He felt that his family was really unlucky, and he had been unlucky for eight lifetimes to be able to do this.

The biggest frustration is that he still dare not say that the official's house is in the middle building. The official's oral instructions and Zhang Di's orders are passed down. If he dares to leak even a little bit of information, he will have his house confiscated and executed.

This is because when the officials first came to Fanlou, the whole city was in a storm, the court was shaken, and the people in Fanlou ran out and talked nonsense. The officials were extremely angry and issued the order.

Later, a huge project was spent on digging tunnels, just to hide it from others. If he said it casually, what would be the use of digging tunnels?

Therefore, it is probably impossible to say it. Once you say it, your life will definitely be at risk, and the Fan family's hundreds of years of business will be destroyed.

He couldn't say it, and there was no way to explain it to King Qi. Feeling the coolness of the blade, Fan Xuewen felt panicked.

At this moment, an idea suddenly came to his mind, and he thought of a way, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty has misunderstood the sinners. The sinners just felt that there were not many preparations in the building, so they rushed to receive the Prince for fear of being disrespectful. If the Prince does not

It’s too late for the guilty people to be happy.”

"Oh?" Zhao Tong glanced at him and said, "What's so rude about this? I'm tired and don't want to go back home. I just want Yuan Nu to be by my side."

As he spoke, he put his hand on Zhao Yuannu's leg, felt a warmth and warmth, and said with a smile: "Yuannu will stay with me tonight."

Zhao Yuannu snorted, and Xiafei's cheeks were lowered and his neck was lowered, not daring to raise his head.

Zhao Tong said to Teng Tu: "The Kaifeng Mansion will handle the matter here, and I will give an explanation to the king afterwards."

Teng Tu was overjoyed. King Qi asked him to handle the matter. This was a way of selling his family's face and asking him to buy favors. He immediately said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, Teng Tu will live up to His high expectations and handle the matter well... Sirs and the yamen."

Things."

Zhao Tong nodded with approval, then looked at Fan Xuewen: "Fan Dongjia, I will go to the middle building to rest now!"

Fan Xuewen smiled apologetically and said, "The guilty people will lead the way for the prince."

The solution he had in mind was not to leak the news that the official family was in the building, nor to refuse Zhao Taosu's presence in Fan Building.

After all, if the official's whereabouts are revealed, the house will be ransacked and executed, but if King Qi is not allowed to stay tonight, I am afraid that the bearded guard will immediately chop off his head with a knife.

Since neither option is feasible, it is better to ask King Qi to stay. After all, the four doors in the middle building are blocked, and the official family lives in the North Gate Tower, so we arranged for King Qi to live in the East Gate Tower.

Although the Zhang Yaban in the palace ordered that no outsiders be entertained in the middle building after the officials arrived, the King of Qi seemed not to be an outsider. The King of Qi and the officials were father and son. Even if they were left in the court, all the great scholars could quote scriptures.

I'm afraid I won't be able to argue with the word "outsider".

Moreover, when Zhang Yaban said that he was not allowed to receive outsiders, he did not say that violation would be a capital offense. He just told him to remember that no outsiders were allowed in, otherwise he would be severely punished.

Fan Xuewen felt relaxed at this moment. He felt that this deadlock had been resolved. It would have been impossible to come up with such a perfect compromise in normal times. As expected, one had to put a knife on his neck to force him to come up with a clever plan.

Zhao Tong laughed loudly at this time, stood up and put Zhao Yuannu on his shoulders: "My lady, spend the night with me!"

Zhao Yuannu was frightened and ashamed. He lay on Zhao Tong's shoulder and did not dare to move. He closed his beautiful eyes slightly and said in a voice like a mosquito: "But...but it's up to the prince to make the decision."

Zhao Tong walked towards the pavilion door, Huang Gusu Shi quickly got up and followed, and Fan Xuewen led the way.

When he got outside, Fan Xuewen saw Mr. Wu and gave a cryptic wink. Mr. Wu followed closely behind Zhou Chu and the other guards.

There are back doors on the fourth floor outside Fan Tower that lead directly to the middle building. When a group of people walked out of the back door, they saw where the middle building was.

They were in the west at the moment. The official family was at the north gate of the middle building, and the south gate was for his own use. Fan Xuewen led Zhao Tong towards the west gate of the middle building.

When he arrived at the west gate within a few steps, Zhao Tong suddenly frowned: "I don't like the west direction, so go to another door."

Fan Xuewen was confused when he heard this, but then he thought that the King of Qi was the one leading the army, so it seemed reasonable to dislike the west. He hurriedly said: "It's because the people didn't think carefully. Please ask the prince to move to the east gate tower."

As he said this, he led the way south so that he could bypass the forbidden area at the north gate. Who knew that Zhao Tong walked directly to the north.

He hurriedly chased after him and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the road here is uneven. It's better to go from the south. It's better to go from the south."

Zhao Tong kept walking and said calmly: "Why is the road uneven? I don't think you are a human being. I am fighting on the battlefield. If I haven't gone through all the ups and downs, your little yard is nothing!"

Fan Xuewen was sweating profusely and kept saying: "Yes, yes." But in his heart, he almost worshiped all the gods and Buddhas in the sky. He just hoped that the officials would not be in front of the window at this time, otherwise he would be in trouble.

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Zhao Tong carried Zhao Yuannu to the north of the middle building. It was quiet here. There were big red lanterns hanging in front of the building, and colorful string lights on the trees in front, which shone very brightly. If you look from upstairs, you can see everything below.

Nothing left.

Fan Xuewen lowered his head and prayed silently in his heart. When he reached the middle, Zhao Tong suddenly said: "I think the north is good. If you go to the east, this is the best!"

"Ah?!" Fan Xuewen immediately opened his eyes wide after hearing this and was stunned for a moment: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty's side... I'm afraid it won't work."
To be continued...