Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 823 Search
Not long after the head of the Zhang family entered the palace, the Yulin army entered the Zhao family, saying that the Zhang family had exposed that they had kidnapped and hid court official Du Jinning, and started searching despite the Zhao family's obstruction.

The family alliance immediately collapsed.

"Old Master, what should we do? What should we do?" The masters and young masters of the Zhao family gathered in the hall, looking at the Patriarch of the Zhao family.

The Patriarch of the Zhao family's face was so gloomy that it was about to drip water.

Kidnapping and hiding an official ordered by the court is a serious crime, and the punishment is the same as rebellion, which must be beheaded.

"Why panic? We didn't do this. Without evidence, even the emperor can't do anything to us." He shouted.

Hearing this, everyone calmed down and felt a lot more relieved.

"It's just the Zhang family testifying..." one person said.

If it wasn't for the Zhang family's testimony, they wouldn't be so panicked.If someone testifies, the Royal Forest Army will have an excuse to search.Being searched by the imperial forest army always gives people the feeling of being ransacked. The Zhao family will also lose face in the capital, and will not be able to hold their heads up in front of other aristocratic families in the future.

One must know that the Zhao family is the most powerful family other than the Zhang family, and one must not lose face.

The head of the Zhao family also hated the Zhang family, but he knew that this was not the time to settle accounts with the Zhang family.

He glanced around at the people in the room and asked, "Tell me the truth, are there any shady things hidden in the house? If so, tell me right away, and I will find a solution, and there is still a chance to remedy it. If Not to mention, when the Imperial Forest Army finds out, our Zhao family will die with you."

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and shook their heads: "No."

"Don't dare."

The head of the Zhao family breathed a sigh of relief.

He knows very well that once the family has been passed on for a long time, the descendants will be very prone to prodigal tycoons without going through the storms and hardships.It’s just a matter of losing some money and repaying it. If you do some illegal activities in a lawless manner, once it is exposed, there may be a situation where "the embankment in the line is destroyed by an ant's nest".

So he governs the family very strictly.There are some things that children and grandchildren must never touch.

Looking at it now, although everyone's lack of composure just now disappointed him, they finally understood the seriousness, and no one disobeyed him to do those illegal things.

Although their Zhao family has the same surname as Zhao He, it is not a royal family and has no blood relationship with the royal family at all.If the Zhao family committed any serious crimes, he believed that Zhao Hu would be very happy to drive them all to death.

"We didn't hide Du Jinning, even if they framed him, they couldn't get Du Jinning out of us." He comforted everyone, then looked at his most capable son, "Zhao Li..."

"Father, my son is here."

Zhao Li is in his thirties, young and vigorous, and now he has achieved the position of the fourth rank.He very much hoped that after a hundred years from his father, he could take over his father's position and become the next Patriarch, but he still had several uncles, brothers, and cousins, and if he wanted to compete for the position of Patriarch, his qualifications were still poor, so he was eager Perform meritorious service.

Seeing his father calling him at such a critical moment, he immediately cheered up, intending to let these uncles and brothers take a good look at his ability to handle affairs.

"You go back to your room immediately, let your mother and your wife enter the palace to ask to see the concubine Xian, and let the empress go to the emperor to intercede."

When Zhao Li heard this, he was a little disappointed, but he still agreed.

Concubine Xian is his sister of the same father and mother, and it is because of this that his father took the position of head of the family.This important task can only be entrusted to him, no one else can.

The Patriarch of the Zhao family looked at one of his younger brothers again: "Third brother, you take Zhao Suo and Zhao Kuang, and immediately go from house to house to tell them, let them pack up their things, and all women and children go to the ancestral hall to stay." , the confidants and the mother-in-law are left to guard in the courtyard."

"Yes." Mr. Third Zhao immediately went out with his two nephews.

"Second brother." The Patriarch of the Zhao family looked at the other younger brother, "When the Imperial Forest Army searches for a while, you take Zhao Guang, Zhao Qin, and Zhao Yu along the way, and if they act usurper, immediately send someone to report to the concubine Xian. "

"Yes."

Everyone in the Zhao family took action one after another to respond to this search.

The Patriarch of the Zhao family himself, accompanied by another son, was completely white, and his gray hair was only tied with a white ribbon. He ran to the gate of the palace to beat drums and shout for grievances, and then he straightened his back and knelt down Palace gate.

The news spread to the palace, the concubine Xian who was blocked outside the main hall to see Zhao Huan also went back to the palace to remove all the jewelry, changed into a plain dress, and knelt down in front of the main hall.

Zhao He immediately laughed angrily: "Is this going to force the palace?" Extreme anger and sadness welled up in my heart.

It was because the aristocratic family was powerful and confident that Zhao's father and daughter dared to use this trick to force him to withdraw the search warrant.Once Du Jinning can't be found in the Zhao family, he can't explain to the Zhao family, and other aristocratic families will support the Zhao family.Even the Zhang family will do the same.

When the time comes, he will be unable to get off.

He looked at Qi Bokun: "Is the arrangement over there?"

Qi Bokun took off his official hat, revealing his gray hair: "The minister's family is advancing and retreating with the emperor, and Xiaoyuan will never take matters lightly."

Zhao He looked at the old official who supported him to ascend the throne, and then thought of Qi Muyuan who was risking his life outside, with mixed feelings.

In this world, besides his mother and sister, the person he trusts the most is Qi Bokun.He also knew that the lives of their monarchs and ministers were tightly bound together.Qi Bokun lost his master, and there was no way out for the whole family; and he, Zhao Yu, lost Qi Bokun's assistance, so he was an eagle whose wings had been cut off. He could no longer fly and could only be beheaded and imprisoned. Become a puppet without any vitality?
At this moment, his thoughts about Du Jinning completely dissipated.

If Du Jinning is willing to be his woman, he will naturally accept her into the palace after reaching an understanding with Qi Bokun; but if Du Jinning doesn't care about him and is willing to be with Qi Muyuan, he will never obstruct it.

Jiangshan Sheji and beauties, he chose the former.

He looked at the distant sky through the door of the main hall: "Hope, everything goes well."

The Patriarch of the Zhao family knelt at the gate of the palace, not only did he not feel flustered, but he was still thinking about what kind of conditions he should ask Zhao Yu to exchange when the search was over and the Imperial Forest Army retreated in desperation.Even if Zhao He couldn't ask his queen to give way to his daughter, he should promote Xianfei to noble concubine or even imperial concubine, right?

Also, with Zhang's family, they have to settle accounts with them.

Just as he was making calculations in his mind, a fast horse galloped over from a distance, frightened the guards who were guarding in front of the palace and ran up, pointing their spears at the man and shouting: "Who? Presumptuous in front of the palace gate?"

The person on the horse quickly shouted: "I am a servant of the Zhao family." He reined in the horse, turned over and got off the horse.

The Patriarch of the Zhao family looked back and recognized the man as the housekeeper of the Zhao family, and also his confidant.

He knew that the people under him would never come to him on horseback at this critical juncture if there was no urgent matter.

What happened at home?

(End of this chapter)