Hearing Zhang Shan's words, his face turned red instantly. Zhang Mo beside him was also embarrassed and hurriedly pulled him away.

Although it was already the beginning of autumn, it was still quite hot at noon, and it was inconvenient to walk around. Zhang Mo ordered two war horses to be brought in, and they rode one each and left the camp side by side.

As soon as they left the camp, they saw dozens of local officials gathered outside the camp. The leader was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing an official uniform of the third rank. The ranks of other officials ranged from the third rank to the seventh rank.

wait.

These officials had obviously been waiting outside the camp for a long time. There was no shelter outside the camp. They were sitting on the ground one by one, sweating profusely from the heat. The middle-aged official in charge hurriedly called for everyone to stand up and come forward to see them.

Seeing doubts when they met, Zhang Mo said in a low voice, "In order to avoid telling the truth, the eldest brother did not take care of the people's livelihood and government affairs in Luoyang after regaining Luoyang. Luoyang has always been separated from the military and the government. Unless it is really necessary, the eldest brother will not interact with the local government."

touch."

When Zhang Mo spoke, a group of officials had already walked forward quickly and knelt down to pay homage. Although this trip was not an official tour, they did not dare to show any slightness. They were famous for their selflessness and ruthlessness, and they did not want to step aside.

The footsteps of Jeju and Liju officials.

The middle-aged man at the head is named Zhao Taihang. I have some impressions of this man. He seemed to be the Minister of Rites before. After asking, it turned out that it was true. Zhao Taihang was recently appointed by the imperial court as the governor of Luoyang.

Normally, the governors of Shangzhou are from the third rank, but Luoyang is more important than other Shangzhous. Therefore, the governors of Shangzhou are always from the third rank. The reason why Luoyang is more important than other Shangzhous is because the imperial court has always been a dual-capital system during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. As the name implies,

There are two capitals. Before Xuanzong, the imperial court was always located in Luoyang. Even if the capital was moved to Chang'an later, Luoyang still existed as the companion capital.

He originally wanted to inspect the people's livelihood in Luoyang with Zhang Mo. To put it bluntly, they just went out for a walk, but these guys blocked the outside of the camp. He could only change the plan temporarily. He only said that he came here to inspect the Luoyang Palace and prepare for the future emperor.

Prepare to move the capital to Luoyang.

As a result, the two of them could not go anywhere and had to rush to the city accompanied by a group of officials.

East Palace.

Zhao Taihang was a civil servant and was riding in a sedan chair. On the way to the palace, he did not talk to many officials. He got off his horse when he got to the outside of the imperial city. Only then did Zhao Taihang and others surrounded them and walked into the palace surrounded by them.

The emperor sent Zhao Taihang to Luoyang as governor. Naturally, this person was also a supporter of moving the capital to Luoyang. When he saw this, he spared no effort to talk about the various benefits of Luoyang. He said that it connects the Jianghuai River in the east and Zhuojun in the north, and is the center of the canal.

Taxes are abundant. It is also said that Luoyang is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains. Moving the capital here will not only better control the south of the Yangtze River, but also guard the main roads connecting the north and the south.

Zhao Taihang and others chatted endlessly, but they just listened and rarely answered. Compared with the situation in Luoyang, he was more concerned about the current situation of the palace. Since the Tang Dynasty has not been destroyed, the palace here cannot be called the Forbidden City.

, still needs to be called a royal palace.

It has been more than 200 years since Xuanzong moved the capital to Chang'an. Since there have always been people guarding the palace and the best stone and wood were used to build the palace, the palace here has not collapsed or dilapidated although it is a little old. And because Zhu Quanzhong occupied Luoyang

He has been living in the palace, and during this period he also painted and built the palace, making the pavilions and pavilions in the palace more colorful and brighter.

While looking around, he was complaining in his heart. The situation of the Luoyang Palace was far better than he had imagined before. Most of the palaces and pavilions were in good condition. Even repairs and reconstructions would not take long. In this way, he wanted to delay the emperor's move to the capital.

It becomes more difficult to implement the plan.

Zhao Taihang and others didn't know what they were thinking. Some surrendered officials took the opportunity to flatter Zhang Shan. They only said that when the traitor Zhu Quanzhong withdrew, he originally wanted to set fire to the Luoyang Palace. However, Zhang Shan and others were able to control the wind and rain.

, causing heavy rain in Luoyang, and then the wolf grabbed food and saved the Luoyang Palace.

As everyone inspected the various palaces in the palace one by one, he wanted to delay time, but he naturally had a way. One was to find faults as much as possible

, all palaces with potential safety hazards will be rebuilt.

The second is to inspect the wells and lotus ponds where fish are raised. Pretending to be serious, he informed everyone that there were souls of water ghosts in the wells and ponds, and then ordered everyone to drain the water and salvage the corpses.

Third, when he led everyone to inspect the palace, he activated the pure Yin spiritual energy to envelope everyone, only to realize that there were ghosts and ghosts in these palaces. This made the cold wind biting and the Yin energy overwhelming.

The fourth is to severely reprimand the officials responsible for guarding the palace. The only reason is that there is such a strong evil atmosphere in the palace. If the guards guarding the palace patrol on time every night, they will definitely hear the news and see ghosts. But now there is no report from the government. It will be inevitable.

It's because some of the officers were slacking off in their duties and not doing inspections on time.

Seeing Zhang Mo scolding everyone in a serious manner, Zhang Mo couldn't help but want to laugh. She naturally knew that she was making something out of nothing and was bluffing.

What made Zhang Mo even more laughable was that the chief official, worried about being punished, actually lied and claimed that a policeman had indeed seen ghosts in the middle of the night, and there were quite a few hauntings. The government office had records of all hauntings, but he never had time to report them.

Zhao Taixing was new here. He didn't know that the senior official was lying. When he heard this, he broke into a cold sweat and asked, "Why aren't such important things reported in time?"

"Your Excellency, you haven't asked me about it before?" the official retorted casually, because when it comes to the ownership of power, the relationship between the principal and deputy positions of a yamen is usually not very good.

"That's all, as long as it's recorded," he waved his hand and said, "After so many years, there must be a lot of relevant records."

After saying that, he turned around and went elsewhere. After wandering around a few places, he casually asked about the situation of the officials in Luoyang. The reason was that Luoyang was once occupied by Zhu Quanzhong, and he needed to be careful of officials who were attracted by him and looked for opportunities to assassinate the emperor.

The reason why I mentioned this matter was to find a valid reason for the chief official to leave early, and then on the pretext that after inspecting the palace, I wanted to go to the Yamen to inspect the officials' deeds, so that the chief official could go back with a few officials under his command to prepare.

As the deputy of the governor, the chief official has four major responsibilities. One is to assist the governor in handling government affairs, and the other is to manage various documents.

, the third is to record and convey the official documents of various ministries, and the fourth is to supervise the officials of the state. The officials' statements that they want to read are naturally under the management of the chief officials, but the reason why he sent the chief officials back in advance was not to let the chief officials go back and prepare the official statements.

, but to get this guy to go back and make up lies about how the palace is haunted.

In order to provide the chief official with enough time to commit the crime, he took everyone around the palace all afternoon. In fact, there is no need to deliberately delay the time, because the palace here is also very big. Even after walking all afternoon, there are still many places that have not been visited.

.

As night fell, I just went to the government office with everyone. When the prince arrived, it was natural for him to have a banquet, so he didn't refuse. He had dinner with everyone, and then went to the lobby to read the officials' accounts.

While looking through official accounts, Zhao Taixing ordered the chief official to get the files on the haunted palace. The reason why he was so nervous about this was because the emperor sent him to govern Luoyang mainly to prepare for the relocation of the capital. If he knew clearly that the palace was haunted, he would not Failure to report it to the court is tantamount to dereliction of duty and deception.

The chief official and others have been busy all afternoon, and naturally everything that needs to be prepared is ready. Not only are the ink marks dark and light, but in order to strive for realism, the brought files are even hung with spider webs from unknown sources.

I am worried that my boss will verify that the palace was haunted many years ago. It has been too long and there is no proof. I can write whatever I want.

There have been many records of hauntings in recent times, and the officials did not forget to flatter them when they lied. They only said that the palace was not haunted in the few days when the emperor came, and the trouble started again after the emperor left.

Seeing Zhao Taihang's face getting more and more ugly, and even breaking into a cold sweat, Zhang Mo walked over and picked up the file that the official had falsified and looked at it carefully.

When he saw it, he almost laughed out loud, and held back his laughter as he handed the dossier to him.
Chapter completed!