Traveling through ancient times, the empress insisted on having a child with me

Song Xianzu was also from a noble family, but was far inferior to the Zhao family. On his way here, he was still wondering who was so bold as to touch Zhao Youtang. He asked his subordinates, and they said that the news had spread in the streets, but they didn't know who did it.

When he arrived at San Tiao Lane, he saw from afar a shop full of people gathered in front of it. Song Xianzu quickly rushed over with his men.

But when he got to the door and looked, he didn't see that it was Young Master Zhao who was beaten, but Young Master Zhao who was bullying others, so he secretly cursed his bad luck.

The job of the Bingmasi is to maintain public order and arrest thieves. In this situation, it's difficult to handle whether I show up or not, so I'd better hide and pretend I didn't see it.

But Ling Chuan was waiting for the officers to come. When he saw Song Xianzu's posture, he rushed forward with his men.

"Sir, you are here at the right time. Look, this man has no respect for the law. He smashed my shop and destroyed my goods in broad daylight. Sir, please help me."

Zhao Youtang was stunned. Wasn't this kid so arrogant just now? How come he acted like a coward in the blink of an eye?

However, Song Xianzu was trapped. Even if he favored the Second Young Master Zhao, the Second Young Master Zhao would blame him for disturbing his interest.

His guess was correct. Zhao Youtang only glanced at Song Xianzu, then turned back and told his followers, "Keep smashing."

This made Song Xianzu embarrassed. After all, I am a seventh-rank official in the court. Even if you, Mr. Zhao, look down on me, you should at least respect the official uniform I am wearing.

After all, the deputy commander of the Central City Military Department is an important position in the capital. If Song Xianzu's family did not have someone in the court, he would not be able to sit in this position. Zhao Youtang is too arrogant.

Song Xianzu then pointed at his men and said, "Are you all blind? Didn't you see that someone is causing trouble?"

A group of soldiers then walked into the shop and stopped Zhao Youtang's followers.

Zhao Youtang glanced at Song Xianzu outside the door, as if he had just seen him, and walked over with a smile: "So it's Mr. Song. I mentioned Brother Song when I was drinking with someone yesterday. It's better to meet by chance than to invite him. Let's have a drink at Mingyan Tower later?"

The other party was giving him face, and the anger in Song Xianzu's chest instantly dissipated. After all, his family's backing was not as good as that of the Earl of Yongning, so he bowed to Zhao Youtang and said, "To be honest with you, Mr. Zhao, I just heard a rumor that Mr. Zhao was beaten, so I hurriedly brought people here, but I didn't expect it to be a misunderstanding."

After saying these two irrelevant words, the two instantly reached a consensus. Zhao Youtang said, "There's a new chef at Mingyanlou. Some of his dishes are really amazing. Come on, come on, brother, I haven't gotten tired of eating them even after a few days."

Song Xianzu had come here to flatter Zhao Youtang in the first place. How could he not give him face when Zhao Youtang was so enthusiastic? He was about to reply with a smile on his face but was interrupted by Ling Chuan who was standing beside him.

"Is this official planning to bend the law for personal gain?"

Zhao Youtang's men were still very powerful. In just a short while, they had almost destroyed the front half of the shop. This degree was in line with Lingchuan's expectations. According to the script, Lingchuan should have continued to pretend to be pitiful, but he saw another group of people rushing towards the alley.

More than fifty people trotted to the three alleys in unison, and Song Xianzu and Zhao Youtang naturally saw them.

Not only did they see many people, but they also recognized that they were the Yulin Guards.

When the Yulin Guard was first established, it was a ceremonial guard for the emperor's travels. Later, it gradually evolved into the emperor's personal army, responsible for guarding the imperial city.

Originally, Zhao Youtang's commotion was at most a civil dispute, which could be handled by the Shangyuan County Court. However, not only did it alarm the Bingmasi, but now even the Yulin Guards have arrived.

As for how the Yulin Guard came, that was all thanks to Cao Huanchun. He Chun met Lao Cao not long after he went out. After he told Lao Cao about the situation, Lao Cao understood what was going on and reported the matter directly to Qianbu Gallery.

Qianbu Gallery is located outside Chengtian Gate in the south of the imperial city. This area can be said to be the administrative center of the entire Dasheng. Most of the court offices are here, five of the six ministries have their offices here, and the Yulin Guard’s office is also on this street.

Let's put it this way, almost half of the civil and military officials in the court were in this area, and rumors always became more and more outrageous. So when the news reached the Yulin Guard Office, it was reported that bandits were committing crimes in San Tiao Lane and the second son of the Zhao family was in danger.

In the past two years, the East Factory has declined, and its original work has been handed over to the Imperial Guards. Bandits even appeared in the capital, which led to the Imperial Guards dispatching a team of more than 50 people.

More than fifty Yulin Guards with bows and arrows drawn immediately surrounded Yun Fu Ji. However, the leading flag officer was dumbfounded when he saw the Second Young Master Zhao hanging out with someone from the Bingmasi.

"How is this going?"

The general flag officer asked, Song Xianzu looked confused, Zhao Youtang was also puzzled, but Ling Chuan on the side came up again: "Sir, I want to sue the official, this man ordered his men to smash my shop..."

Yunfu Ji was in a mess. The general flag officer saw it at a glance, frowned slightly, and thought, what does this have to do with me?

Then Ling Chuan added: "This official not only does not stand up for the common people, but instead treats the violent people as his sworn brothers, intending to bend the law for personal gain."

Zhao Youtang didn't care about Ling Chuan's accusation, but Song Xianzu angrily said, "How dare you falsely accuse me."

The flag officer didn't want to get involved in this mess, so he just waved his hand and said to Ling Chuan: "This matter is not under the jurisdiction of our Yulin Guards, you can go to the government office and file a complaint."

But when he was about to give the order to withdraw his troops, he found that there were many familiar faces in the crowd.

Those people were clerks in various government offices, responsible for miscellaneous matters such as paperwork between government offices. To put it bluntly, they were errand runners.

The appearance of this group of people here means that what happened here will spread to all the government offices in the court tonight, and tomorrow some censor may even reveal it directly at the morning court session.

Although this matter had nothing to do with him, he still leaned over to Song Xianzu's ear and whispered, "Look at those people. They are all informants from various government offices in Qianbu Gallery. You'd better be careful."

Song Xianzu was shocked when he heard this, it seemed that the matter had become a big deal.

So he winked at Zhao Youtang, and then said to Lingchuan: "Since you want to sue the officials, then come with me to the government office and we can talk it out."

There is no plot of going to the yamen in Lingchuan's script. This is the crime scene, and the onlookers are his confidence. How can he explain himself in the yamen?

"This official has misunderstood. In fact, there is only a misunderstanding between me and this young master. There is no need to go to the government office. I just need to compensate for the loss a little."

Zhao Youtang glared and was about to explode, but Song Xianzu came over and gently touched him: "Those people from the six ministries over there, don't make a big fuss, let's settle the matter first."

Zhao Youtang glanced around. Those people looked like scholars, but their temperaments were clearly different from those of ordinary people. He didn't want to make things worse. He had already vented his anger, so he would just come and trouble this guy next time.

"Tell me how much it is, and I will compensate you."

Ling Chuan waved his hand, and Xiao Taohong, who had been prepared for a long time, came over with an account book in her hand and read out: "Boss, a lot of things were broken. First of all, there were fifty pieces of 1 foot 1 inch glass plates, thirty pieces of 1 foot 3 inches, and twenty pieces of 1 foot 5 inches. There was also a pair of Ru kiln porcelain bottles, a set of blue and white porcelain tea sets..."

Before Xiao Taohong finished reading, Zhao Youtang was already impatient: "Just tell me the number, who has time to listen to you talking."

Ling Chuan took the list from Xiao Taohong's hand and took a look at it, and couldn't help but gasp.

"Sir, the total is 10,176 taels of silver."