I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 431 The strongest trio! Seal the city, investigate the case, and safeguard the authority of the imperial power.

It’s nearly noon on May 24th.

The sun is hot.

Several fast horses rushed into Bianjing City, and the leader was Su Liang.

According to the usual practice, after officials tour Beijing under the holy orders, they should wash up at the post station outside the city, change into official uniforms, and then immediately enter the ban to meet the holy saint.

But Su Liang went straight to Zhongshu Provincial Political Affairs Hall.

After dismounting at Xuandemen.

Su Liang walked quickly towards the political hall, followed closely by Sun Sheng holding Su Liang's official uniform.

After a while.

As soon as Su Liang arrived at the gate of the political hall, he heard Ouyang Xiu's loud voice.

Su Liangdao: "Mr. Wen, can you please let me see the document reporting the cause of Zhou Zhengyan's death reported by Ying Tianfu?"

"My lords, Zhou Zhengyan may have a hidden secret behind his drowning. As his superior, I request to go to Nanjing City (i.e. Shangqiu) to investigate the cause. Why can't I go?"

"I would feel uneasy if I didn't go there. If Jing Ming were in Beijing, he would definitely have the same idea as me."

He and Xu Huizhi, the Prime Minister of the Imperial College of Nanjing, were old acquaintances, so they lived in the Imperial College of Nanjing.

"This document is jointly written by Han Chong, the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture, Xu Huizhi, the Prime Minister of the Imperial Academy of Nanjing, Zhou Zhengyan's guard captain, and Peng Sheng, the head of the infantry army of the bodyguard." Wen Yanbo said.

"What if the Imperial City Division fails to find out the truth?" Ouyang Xiu asked.

Su Liang opened the document and read it carefully.

Zhou Yuan's foreign tour is coming to an end, and his plan is to return to the capital after inspecting the Nanjing Imperial College.

Su Liang walked in quickly from outside the door.

Who would have thought that on the fourth day of the eighth day of May, he got up early and said he wanted to take a walk for half an hour, but did not let the guards follow him. Then in less than half an hour, the guards found him drowned in the South Lake...

The document states -

Wen Yanbo also knew about the relationship between Su Liang and Zhou Yuan, so he immediately handed the document to Su Liang.

Wen Yanbo said: "Scholar Ouyang, don't act on your own initiative. Everything has rules and regulations. The officials have sent Zhang Maoze, the Secretary of the Imperial City, to lead his people to verify. Isn't it enough?"

The ministers of Zhongshu and Ouyang Xiu were both stunned.

Fu Bi on the side said: "Is your ability to investigate cases better than that of the Imperial City Division?"

Wen Yanbo and other ministers looked at Sun Sheng behind him holding his official uniform, and knew that Su Liang had not yet met the saint.

"Jing Ming, you...you're back so soon?" Ouyang Xiu was very surprised. He thought it would take three to five days for Su Liang to return.

Wu Yu sighed.

Su Liang said: "When I heard the bad news about Brother Zixiong, I felt really sad, so I hurried back.

at this time.

"Sister Ouyang, caring leads to chaos! We know that you feel uncomfortable, and so do we, but what we can do now is wait for the verification results."

After Su Liang read it, he closed the document.

Ouyang Xiu quickly asked: "Is there anything suspicious?"

Su Liang shook his head, then turned his face and walked quickly outside.

"Jingming, what do you want to do?"

Su Liang said without looking back: "Sage, please apply to the officials for a closure of the city to investigate the case!"

Lock down the city for investigation?

Upon hearing these four words, all the ministers were excited, stood up instantly, and hurriedly chased Su Liang. Ouyang Xiu followed behind with clenched fists.

After Su Liang walked out of the political hall, he went straight to the forbidden area.

Sun Sheng from behind quickly said: "Boss, put on your official uniform first, put on your official uniform first, otherwise you will be easily impeached!"

Su Liang immediately stopped and quickly put on his official uniform.

After a while. Su Liang, Zhongshu, the ministers, and Ouyang Xiu all stood outside the Chui Gong Hall and asked to see him.

Zhao Zhen heard that Su Liang had returned.

He couldn't help but quickly announced everyone in.

After Su Liang entered the palace, he directly handed over his hands and said: "Guan family, I have returned from a foreign tour on Jingdong East Road. I have written an article about the foreign tour, but please allow me to submit a report tomorrow. Today, I have other important matters."

"I heard that Zuo Zhengyan of the Admonition Yuan accidentally drowned, and the officials have sent the Imperial City Department to investigate. I believe that this verification method is not rigorous enough. The entire Nanjing city should be sealed off immediately, and another minister and a man who are good at punishment should be sent. The officials from Beijing went to Nanjing to investigate, and I am willing to go and find out the truth!"

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen frowned slightly.

"Su Qing, I know you feel uncomfortable losing your best friend, but this matter has not yet reached the point of sealing the city. We will wait for Zhang Maoze to verify everything before saying anything else."

Su Liang took another step forward and handed over again.

"In the official family, Zhou Zhengyan is the patrol guard on behalf of the official family. He represents the imperial power and the majesty of the official family."

"He died accidentally by drowning. Regardless of whether there is a secret or not, he should be treated specially to show that the imperial power cannot be offended!"

"Taiwan's remonstrance has no power, it all depends on the emperor's power. Even if this matter is found out and proves to be an accident, it should be treated seriously to show the power of the emperor to the people of the world! If not, future officials of the emperor's foreign patrols will , I’m afraid it’s difficult to establish enough authority!”

Su Liang did not want to check this matter entirely out of personal feelings.

The foreign tour of Taiwan admonishment represents the emperor of today, and we must not treat it according to routine.

Zhao Zhen thought for a while.

"What Su Qing said does make some sense, but your request will cause a certain degree of damage to the officialdom, business, and public sentiment of the entire Yingtian Mansion. This matter should not have such a huge impact."

Su Liang took a step forward again and said with a serious face: "Guan family, what if something happens to an official on patrol in the future? Should we also send officials from the Imperial City Division to take a look? The Imperial City Division is good at collecting intelligence. But he’s not good at solving cases!”

"Su Liang, don't be emotional!"

Under Su Liang's aggressive words, Zhao Zhen also stared.

Su Liang looked excited.

"Officials, if it was me who drowned, would the imperial court send officials from the Imperial City Department to check it out?"

These words immediately stopped Zhao Zhen and all the ministers.

Zhao Zhen fell into deep thought.

If something unexpected happened to Su Liang, he would definitely put all the officials in Yingtian Mansion under control immediately.

Even if he does not go to resolve the case in person, he will send a husband to investigate the case thoroughly.

Even if Su Liangzhen accidentally drowned, all officials in Yingtian Mansion would be punished.

Even the lake where Su Liang drowned will be filled in.

Because Su Liang was too important to the Song Dynasty.

this moment.

Zhao Zhen felt that what Su Liang said was correct.

This time Zhou Yuan was on a foreign tour on behalf of the emperor. If he was not given enough attention, similar things might happen in the future.

If it is not taken seriously, the power of the imperial power will be weakened.

By that time, no official from the Beijing Dynasty would dare to conduct foreign tours.

Even if they dare to go on an external tour, who would dare to devote all their efforts to digging out the problems.

Zhao Zhen hesitated for a moment and looked at the ministers of Zhongshu not far away.

"Xiang Wen, Zhongshu immediately issued an edict and sent 3,000 soldiers of the Forbidden Army to seal off the city of Nanjing. Xiang Wu, I ordered you to take charge of the affairs of Tianfu and go to Nanjing tomorrow. In addition, I ordered Bachelor Bao to lead the investigation. Once this matter comes to light, the ban will be lifted. As an assistant, Jing Ming, please follow us!"

"I obey!" Wu Yu and Su Liang both handed over their hands.

Currently, the two people in the Song Dynasty who are best at solving crimes are Wu Yu and Bao Zheng.

Plus Su Liang.

If the combination of these three people is still an accident at the end of the investigation, then this matter must be an accident.

(End of this chapter)