As the name suggests, the Imperial City Department is naturally within the Luoyang Imperial City.

However, due to its special responsibilities, its specific location is more remote than the Censorate. It is hidden in the southwest corner of the imperial city. If it were not for coming here, almost no official would be approaching here. Over time, it will make the inside and outside of the Imperial City Office appear more secluded and quiet. Even if there is still half a street away, it will give people a chill that is as bright as a back.

This was the first time Li Ling had come here. Looking at the surrounding environment where there was no one else's figure, he felt a little scared. When he came to the imperial city yamen, if there were four big-sleeved men guarding the door and signs hanging in front of him, he would have thought he had come to some vacant courtyard.

After calming down a little, he got out of the car and told Li Moyun to wait here. He tidied up his clothes and strode forward. At this moment, the four people and eight eyes in front of the door had already covered him, and there was a little suspicion in his eyes. In the past few years, few people have dared to go to the gate of the Imperial City Department.

When Li Ling came to the door, two men finally stepped forward to block his way: "The imperial city is a central place, and idle people are not allowed to trek in!"

Li Ling smiled at them: "I am a court official, not a vague person."

"The same is true. The Imperial City Department only acts under the emperor's order, and ordinary officials are not allowed to enter." The other party still replied with a hard sentence. But just when they wanted to make further moves, Li Ling raised his hand and shone a gold medal in front of them. After looking closely, the faces of the few people changed again, and subconsciously retreated: "Tit...Titit the gold medal..."

"Now I believe I am not a idle person waiting? I have something to come here, so please open the door and make way." Li Ling still looked smiling, but the four of them had changed their attitude: "I don't know if Master Tisi is coming, the young ones are offensive, so please forgive me!" While speaking, they wanted to kneel down to apologize, but Li Ling waved his hand to stop him: "No need, just open the door and let me in."

Only then did the few people be ordered to open the door, and one asked tentatively: "I wonder what the hell is there to do here?" The other person ran inward first, obviously to report to the person who was the one who was in charge.

Li Ling walked in and smiled, "Of course I came to meet people. Who is in the yamen today?"

"It's Lu Dusi." This man was unable to ask Li Ling's intention, and he had to answer honestly. After all, he was in this position. The position of Tiss is extremely special in the Imperial City Department. Although it is not a regular position, his status is extremely high. He is only under the admiral. Now no one in the yamen can surpass him.

Li Ling smiled and nodded, then walked in. While walking, looking at the left and right environment, he found that after entering the door, there was a very wide square with no trees and debris. In this way, anyone who came in from outside could be seen by the people inside at a glance. At the end of the square, there was a large hall. At this moment, several officials dressed in military officers were hurriedly greeting him, and their eyes were also looking at him from afar.

Li Ling continued to meet him calmly, came to them, and shone the gold medal. The military officers all raised their knees and saluted with their hands: "Lu Zhen (Huang Liang, Lei Ming) see Lord Tisi!"

Li Ling hurriedly smiled and helped the burly man in front of him up: "Lu Dusi doesn't have to be too polite. This official Li Ling just won this gold medal from Eunuch Wei and has passed by this yamen, so it's so much trouble."

"It turns out that he is Lord Li, and I have been following the name of Lord Li for a long time." Lu Zhen stood up, Huang Lei and the others stood up, and then asked curiously: "I wonder what instructions did you give me suddenly to come to our department today?"

"I'll meet someone." Li Ling didn't mean to make a mistake in front of these warriors, and said straight to the point, "I heard that Zhang Hefeng and Zhang Ru were locked up in our Imperial City Prison. Can I see me?"

"This..." Several people looked puzzled at the same time, "Sir, forgive me. Zhang Hefeng has a lot to do with this matter. We also took the emperor's order to bring people from Xuzhou. I saw him rashly, but I was afraid..."

"What, do you think I'll come here to save him alone?" Li Lingyu said jokingly.

"I dare not, I am just afraid that doing so will cause unnecessary trouble to the adults... I will say that when we ordered us to catch people on that day, the Admiral would have strict orders not to let the officials in the court contact him."

"I know what Eunuch Wei is worried about, but I am different from those people. I can only say a few words. If you are not at ease, you can just watch it." Li Ling insisted.

"This..." Lu Zhen pondered for a moment, and finally nodded, "Since the lord insists, I dare not obstruct you, I will take you there now. Please!" As he said that, he winked at Huang Liang beside him, who nodded knowingly. When Li Ling followed him in, he went out.

Li Ling naturally saw this action and knew that he had gone to report the news. But he did not make any stop. He had no intention of hiding it from Wei Tang. In his plan, he really wanted to see the most trustworthy eunuch in front of the emperor, so that would be the best.

Under the guidance of Lu Zhen, Li Ling continued to walk deeper along the rather empty road. After turning around, he finally arrived in front of a small courtyard. The former stopped immediately and made a gesture to invite him in: "Sir, Zhang Hefeng is inside, you can go in."

Li Ling looked at the so-called "prison" in front of him with some surprise, raised his eyebrows and said, "Didn't he throw him into prison? What's going on?"

"After all, Mr. Zhang is an old minister in the court, and His Majesty respects him quite well. How dare we feel wronged him? We just restrict him here and are not allowed to go out to meet people. Everything else is done according to the old man's requirements, and we dare not neglect at all."

Li Ling nodded, but understood a little. After all, the Imperial City Department had just risen again and was not confident enough, so he naturally did not dare to act too presumptuously. Not to mention comparing with the famous Dongchang Jinyiwei, even the Censorate of this dynasty was more unscrupulous than them.

At that moment, he stepped forward and gently pushed open the gate of the courtyard. He saw the three solemn guards in the courtyard, wearing swords around their waists and crossbows in their hands. At this moment, he saw the gate of the courtyard open, and he raised the crossbow to look at it like a conditioned reflex. Until he saw Lu Zhen outside, he quickly took back his movements and bowed to salute.

Lu Zhen waved his hand slightly and signaled them to retreat aside before following Li Ling into the yard. At this time, Li Ling had already seen the old man writing hard in the room ahead. He saw his plain white robe, matching his gray hair and hair, but he looked much haggard than before, and he also had a little less elegant temperament of being lightweight. He was Zhang Hefeng, a great scholar in the two Huai Rivers.

Although there was a lot of noise when opening the door, Zhang Hefeng didn't even raise his head, and was still writing something in front of the table. Even if someone had already entered the door, he did not look back, completely looking like he didn't want to pay attention to it. Until-

"Worry about the world first and worry about the world first, and then enjoy the world after... The Confucian scholar really cared about the world, but he had Fan Wenzheng's heart to worry about the country and the people, which really made the students admire him!"

Li Ling's sigh made the old man's movements suddenly pause, and the last two words were a little too hard. But he finished writing the words, and then he turned around suspiciously. Seeing that it was indeed Li Ling behind him, he frowned: "Wen Zhong, why are you here?"

"Students have met Confucian masters." Li Ling bowed properly and then replied, "I came to visit him because I knew Confucian masters were arrested and were concerned."

Zhang Hefeng did not smile because of this, but instead frowned even more: "This is the Imperial City Department. His Majesty personally issued an order to let me capture me from Xuzhou to the capital. No one has come to visit me before. How could you, a new official, see me? Tell me, who did you follow the orders of someone to be a lobbyist?" At the end of his speech, his expression became extremely serious.

Li Ling looked at him solemnly and said, "The Confucian master misunderstood. The students did not come to see you as you thought. It was because they were concerned about your situation here and were willing to help you." He had to sigh that Mr. Zhang Ru has been an official for many years, and his vigilance is high.

But it is strange that since he has such a vision, how could he be pulled as a gun?

Seeing that the other party was still suspicious, he said again: "It was because of some previous encounters that the student was valued by a noble person that he could enter the Imperial City Office as the head of the Ministry of Revenue. However, the Confucian master can rest assured that I was not instructed by someone. If I really want to say anything, Xu Zhuowu asked me to help you."

"Zhuowu...it turns out to be him." Zhang Hefeng believed Li Ling's words, but then smiled bitterly: "He is intentional, but since I have done this time, I am not going to go out safely again, so you don't have to worry about it anymore. I think Your Majesty will not spare me easily when he is angry."

"Hmm?" Li Ling was even more stunned, "Sir, you knew that this would be the result? In other words, you had long expected that you were being used by the prince's party?"

After seeing the other party nodding, Li Ling took a deep breath: "Why is this so? Master Confucianism, since you can see everything clearly, why are you willing to be used by them and even put yourself in this prison?"

"Because this is the right way in the world, everything I do is not for them, but for me to overcome the country and the stability of the world!" The old man suddenly raised his voice, looked at Li Ling, and looked at Lu Zhen outside the door, "Didn't you have been asking me indirectly for the past few days why I want to lead this memorial? This is the answer I have given you, and I signed it for this!"
Chapter completed!