Emperor Wanlong Zhao Tian was sitting on the dragon couch, holding the memorial in one hand and reading it. Tang Zhaozhen sat aside and arranged the emperor's hair crown. The eunuch Lu Shi and several maids stood aside, and no one could interfere.
"I don't know how Princess Loulan chooses her husband." Zhao Tian squinted his eyes: "Do you know Zhao Bao?"
Tang Zhaodao: "I heard that the prince of Qi and seven other people proposed marriage to the Duke's Mansion, but they were all rejected by the princess."
"Oh..., who are those six people?"
Tang Zhao mentioned six names, and Emperor Wanlong snorted. It seemed that he didn't look down on those six people, and Tang Mei, the most proud woman in his mind, naturally also looked down on, although those people all It is a wealthy and distinguished family with royal relatives and nobles.
Emperor Wanlong read very quickly. An ordinary memorial can be read in ten lines at a time. After reading it, he would throw it to the left and ask the eunuch to draw a circle with a pen. Then he could send it to the Minister of Secretariat, who would then send it to the six departments for execution.
If the emperor can't make up his mind, he will throw it to the right and send it to the Central Secretariat to find a way. If the Central Secretariat can't come up with a good solution, he will take it to the court for discussion.
He saw a thick stack of folders presented by the Ministry of Punishment, and almost every memorial was accompanied by a dossier. The emperor was not in the mood to read the dossier, so he just opened the folders and took a look at the overview. He threw each one to the left, but suddenly his eyes fell on one. The fold had not been removed for a long time. This was the fold of Xue Pang, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and it was also the "Qi Yu Case" that Su Ping solved.
This case was not the biggest case in the pile, but it was indeed the one that attracted the emperor the most because it involved twenty-three Huaiyang girls.
It is mentioned in the excerpt that the twenty-three girls are as beautiful as immortals, and all viewers feel pity for them. Xue Pang's words are intended to use the weakness and beauty of the women to set off the evil of the perpetrators, but in the eyes of Emperor Zhao Tian, he can see The only thing she knew was that she was "as beautiful as a fairy", so she felt refreshed.
Zhao Tian squinted his eyes and fell on Tang Zhao. Tang Zhao sat aside, like a wax figure.
He glanced at her secretly. She frowned and looked back at the emperor.
Although Tang Zhao and Tang Mei were not born from the same mother, they both look like their father, so they look very similar. They both have high noses, deep eyes, and long eyebrows that go into their temples. A touch of inviolable majesty.
There was a hint of condemnation in her eyes, as if she was reminding the emperor not to be distracted when reviewing the memorial.
Perhaps in order to obtain more information, or perhaps to show that he attached great importance to the case, Zhao Tian took apart the relevant files of the "Qi Yu Case" and looked at them.
In fact, the content is not much, just a few pieces of paper. Among them are the materials submitted by Su Ping.
As the old saying goes, although Zhao Tian is playful, he is a capable person and very careful. He once ordered those "direct lineage" officials to specially mark the members of the family when submitting memorials. It does not need to be too obvious. , just put an ink dot next to their name. At first glance, it looks like an accidental drop of ink.
Xue Pang also specifically noted that the person handling the case, Su Ping, was from Qinghuafang. He was from the Tang family. Emperor Zhao Tian raised his eyebrows and asked Tang Zhao: "Who is this Su Ping?"
"He was the son-in-law of Sixth Sister's house, the one your Majesty got rid of." Tang Zhao quickly replied.
Zhao Tian blinked and asked, "What does this Su Ping look like?"
Tang Zhao squinted his eyes, glanced at the file, and saw that it was someone from the Tang family who solved the case. He liked it, so he said: "That Su Ping is tall and good-looking. He is similar in stature to your Majesty. His face is fair, his eyebrows are wide, his nose is straight, and his mouth is straight. Kuo. Oh, by the way, a while ago, he was still acting like Mr. Yu."
Zhao Tianyi frowned: "Does this person know some martial arts?"
Tang Zhaodao: "I once defeated Khitan warriors."
"Oh, it's him!" Zhao Tian thought of Su Ping.
Tang Zhao tilted his head: "Your Majesty, have you seen him?"
Zhao Tian looked a little embarrassed and said: "No, I haven't seen it before."
Zhao Tian was beaten and ran back to the seventh lady's house, but he did not say that he had been rescued. He said that he was strong enough to defeat three people and knocked them to the ground. Later, a large group of people appeared, and he was a good man and did not suffer the loss in front of him.
ran back.
Tang Zhao stared at Zhao Tian without saying a word.
Zhao Tian was lost in memories. He thought of something. He sat up straight and asked Tang Zhao: "In Zhaobao's eyes, who is more beautiful compared with me?"
Tang Zhao couldn't help but smile and said: "Who can compare with Your Majesty? Of course Your Majesty is the most beautiful."
Zhao Tian still maintained a serious expression: "There is no need to compliment Zhao Bao, and don't ask Zou Ji to boast about his husband. Just tell the truth."
Tang Zhao frowned and said with an angry smile: "A man is more important about his merits than his beauty and ugliness?"
Zhao Tian said nothing and looked at him coldly.
Tang Zhao sighed and said: "Your Majesty is the most beautiful, the most beautiful in the world."
Zhao Tian smiled with satisfaction, then turned to look at the memorial.
By the way, Emperor Wanlong was really good-looking. People said that he played with women, and it was not known that the women were willing to do so. They were beguiled by the charm of the prince and were all fascinated.
For example, Miss Ye, who went to the Daxiangguo Temple for a secret meeting with the "Great Hierarch" that day, was already the sweetheart on Zhao Tian's bed. After handing over her body to the Grand Hierarch, the beautiful girl Ye had no regrets and only looked forward to seeing him again.
The prince stretched out his hand towards the woman, and everything went wrong. The only failure was on Tang Mei. Tang Mei kicked her and pushed her to the couch.
After reading the file, Zhao Tian wanted to give instructions in person. The eunuch quickly handed the pen dipped in ink to the emperor. The emperor wrote an approval document of nearly 300 words with a flourish, which was rare.
Perhaps out of gratitude for Su Ping's rescue that day, Emperor Wanlong promoted Su Ping to the fifth rank with a stroke of his pen...
After thinking about it, I crossed it out again.
Because if you are in the fifth rank, you can go to court and see the emperor. If he is recognized by him, it will be more or less humiliating if he is beaten and it is the servant who is me. The sixth and seventh rank are not allowed, because he may also see the emperor during the imperial court.
Forget it, let’s give him an eighth grade.
Since you can't promote him quickly, give him an additional official title and give him other rewards to make up for it.
The eighth-grade head of the Criminal Department, in charge of criminal investigation; concurrently the censor's inspection history in Kyoto, the supervisor of the Criminal Department, and direct remonstrances to the emperor; the fifth-grade silver fish bag, the galloping horse in the village, and a royal horse if he does not avoid the night ban.
Why the emperor took such good care of this little swordsman is unknown to outsiders. Anyway, this is how the emperor approved it. When the approval document fell into Xue Pang's hands, Xue Shilang stared at him.
He felt that the emperor's reply was obviously excessive and biased. Mei Ran, who handled the case together with Su Ping, did not receive any reward. Moreover, the emperor did not praise anyone else, including Xue Pang.
However, this case was handled by Xue Pang's men, and Su Ping handled it so beautifully that it made Long Yan very happy, which was a good thing for Xue Pang. So he also became happy.
But the emperor's approval cannot be told to Su Ping truthfully. Mr. Xue will say that I praised you repeatedly in my memorial to the emperor, so the emperor has such a great reward.
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I still don’t know that Su Ping, the swordsman of the Ministry of Punishment, who has been rewarded and can’t even eat on the street, is still fighting viciously with people on the street.
A group of masked men appeared out of nowhere and pounced on Su Ping like wild dogs snatching food. Fortunately, Su Pingmei Ran was good at martial arts, otherwise she would have been chopped down by these people.
Mei Ran was truly a born fighter. When he saw the group of people rushing toward him, he grabbed the hot water basin and threw it out, causing the group of people to scream in agony.
There were indeed two masters among this group of masked men. The knives in their hands flew up and down, almost injuring Su Pingmei Ran several times.
The others were quickly knocked down by Su Pingmei Ran, but these two were still struggling to hold on. They seemed to be waiting for support. But support never appeared, and the two couldn't resist, so they ran away.
Mei Ran wanted to give chase, but Su Ping grabbed her shoulder and said, "Don't chase after poor bandits."
Mei Ran shook her wrist, and then she heard someone whistling in the alley. Su Ping turned around and saw a familiar figure. The man smiled evilly at Su Ping and suddenly disappeared.
"Chen Qianfou?"
Su Ping read it right.
The wild Chen Gu who appeared in Prince Qi's Mansion was Chen Qianfou. Not only Chen Qianfou, but also the bald man, they all entered Prince Qi's Mansion with a mission. And Fan Kui, the bald man, is actually Chu Pan among the Eight Great Vajras.
When Chen Qianfou heard Wang Shuangxi say that the person he wanted to kill was Su Ping, Chen Qianfou laughed.
How can we let the killer succeed? Chen Qianshou Fei Shi reminded him. He was the sneaky figure that Su Ping and Mei Ran saw at the same time.
Of course, Su Ping didn't know this. He was stunned for a while, took out the short rope that the policeman carried with him, and tied up the five people who fell on the ground. He called the officials from the office to escort them, or carry them back on a stretcher.
Ministry of Punishment.
As soon as he arrived at the Ministry of Justice, Su Ping felt that something was not right. The usually arrogant men from the Ministry of Justice became particularly enthusiastic today, especially the Yuanwailang who took Su Pingmeiran to go through the registration transfer procedures a few days ago.
He even smiled brightly.
Everyone was congratulating Mr. Su on his promotion, and it was approved by the emperor, so he was a solid official.
When he saw Xue Pang, Su Ping was about to give a report on his work and explain to Mr.
But Xue Pang didn't listen to his report at all. Seeing him hand over the two cases, Xue Pang just threw them aside casually and asked Su Ping to stand at attention.
"For you, I have tried my best. In my memorial to the emperor, I mentioned your name many times and gave all the credit to you."
While talking, Xue Pang picked up the memorial approved by the emperor. He also stood up straight and chanted loudly and solemnly: "His Majesty the emperor has appointed you as the eighth-rank chief of the Criminal Department, in charge of criminal investigation; and also as the imperial censor of Kyoto's inspection history, in charge of supervision.
A letter from the Ministry of Punishments directly admonishing the emperor; he was given a five-grade silver fish bag, horses galloped in the streets, and he was given a royal horse if he did not avoid the night ban."
After finishing speaking, Xue Pang handed a brocade bag to Su Ping and said, "The silverbait bag and horse tiles are inside."
Perhaps out of jealousy, Xue Pang sat down and said, "I, a third-grade official, have never received such a reward. Your luck is really good."
Hanging a silver fish bag on the waist is quite a sign of the holy family. Even if you are not a fifth-rank official, you will be regarded as a fifth-rank official. For officials above the fifth rank, life is much more comfortable in Luoyang. There is no need to consider prohibitions such as night bans and galloping horses.
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Su Ping was also surprised to receive such a reward. There were so many people who solved the case, how could he receive such a generous reward?
Su Ping couldn't help but smile: "This official is able to receive such a reward only because of the support of the Minister."
"Haha, no need, no need. You were promoted by me, so of course I have to say good things for you." Xue Pang changed the topic and said: "The emperor also has instructions, asking the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take over the twenty-three victimized girls.
The Emperor is merciful and wants to comfort the twenty-three frightened girls in person. Someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs will come over in a moment, so you can go and take care of it."