Chapter 59
"General Zheng, the subordinates are polite."
Jia Sidao stood in front of Zheng Kuo, smiled and clasped his fists and said with a bow.
Now he is no longer an official, but a serious official. Although his official rank is only the sixth rank and Zheng Kuo's deputy commander in front of the palace is the fourth rank, everyone knows that the status of civil officials has been far higher than that of military generals for hundreds of years since the founding of the Song Dynasty. Although the status of military generals has been improved due to the decades of wars, the concept that the court and the country have been deeply rooted for hundreds of years is obviously not so easy to change.
Of course, Jia Sidao was not because of the grudges and hatreds between civil officials and military generals of the Song Dynasty that had been lingering for hundreds of years. Even if Meng Gong was standing in front of him, he would only be like this at most.
"Do you know me? Who are you? Let's sign up."
Zheng Kuo looked at Jia Sidao up and down, impatiently. Zheng Kuo did not ask about Jia Sidao's official rank, but asked his name. Obviously, compared with the official rank, he cared more about Jia Sidao's identity.
In fact, Zheng Kuo did not know Jia Sidao, and Jia Sidao also did not know him. Of course, there were only a handful of people who truly knew Jia Sidao, a civil and military official of the Song Dynasty.
However, Jia Sidao did not know Zheng Kuo, but it did not mean that others around him did not know him. Jia Quaner knew Zheng Kuo, who was nicknamed "Bandit General".
Just as Zheng Kuo discovered Jia Sidao, seven or eight soldiers in front of the hall chased the officials of Lin'an Prefecture who served the Song Dynasty like chickens. In this farce, Zheng Kuo, who stood aside and shouted loudly, was too prominent. Even if Jia Sidao didn't want to notice him, it would be difficult for him.
At the first glance of Zheng Kuo, Jia Quan'er had already conscientiously told Jia Sidao the nickname of "bandit general" Zheng Kuo, including the origin of the nickname, and many glorious deeds in the past.
Zheng Kuo pointed at him carelessly, and Jia Sidao naturally saw it. Although he couldn't see Zheng Kuo's expression clearly, Jia Sidao knew only from Zheng Kuo's attitude at that time that the bandit general Zheng Kuo was obviously going to come up to cause trouble for him. Then he whispered to the personal soldiers beside him, but stopped again.
Jia Sidao only thought that the personal soldier knew his identity like Jia Quan'er, so he made Zheng Kuo look down on his eyes, but he didn't know that what Zheng Kuo really feared was the four inner palace imperial guards arranged by Dong Songchen to open the way for Jia Sidao.
Originally, Jia Sidao did not intend to meet Zheng Kuo. After all, such a thing happened in front of the Lin'an Prefecture Office. Zheng Qingzhi, Yu Tianxi and even the commander of the Palace Front Office of the Palace were impossible for Zhao Qi to not receive any news.
But Jia Sidao stood for almost a cup of tea. Not only did Yu Tianxi and others appear, but there was not even a follower of the soldiers in front of the palace who committed the murder.
Then there is only one explanation. Something obviously happened to the government office, which made Yu Tianxi and others unable to escape. Otherwise, Yu Tianxi, the governor of Lin'an Prefecture, would let the soldiers in front of the palace commit murderous crimes against the officials of Lin'an Prefecture in front of the Lin'an Prefecture government. If they slapped themselves.
Seeing that more and more Lin'an Prefecture officials were beaten to the ground by the soldiers in front of the palace, judging from the expressions on the faces of the Lin'an Prefecture officials who were hiding and looking at the flashing eyes around, Jia Sidao knew that it was obvious that some of these officials knew him. Moreover, he was sure that even if there were those who did not know him, he would definitely know that a guy named Jia Sidao would become the magistrate of Lin'an Prefecture.
After all, it is absolutely impossible for people to appear in the officialdom. People who are promoted will take office, and local officials do not know any news.
Originally, Jia Sidao turned a blind eye to what the Palace Qianshi did, just because he thought that Lin'an Mansion and Palace Qianshi would cooperate to arrest assassins, so he didn't want to have any trouble with the people in the Palace Qianshi who had a lot of trouble.
But the real situation is much more complicated than he thought.
The current situation is not that Lin'an Mansion and the Dianqian Office are working together to arrest bandits, but that the Dianqian Office has already blatantly ridden on the head of Lin'an Mansion and even committed a crime directly at the door of Lin'an Mansion.
As the saying goes, beating a dog depends on the owner, right? The words are a little rough, but the reason is not rough.
Everyone knows that this is typical for the Palace Qianshi to embarrass Lin'an Mansion or even threaten it.
The bandit general Zheng Kuo is very bandit, but it does not mean that he really has no brains. On the contrary, after hearing Jia Quaner talk about the origin of Zheng Kuo's nickname, Jia Sidao believed that Zheng Kuo was not really not good enough, but that he was deliberately giving people the illusion that he liked to solve problems with fists. Although such an illusion would make some people look down on him, in some cases it was the best protection and disguise.
After waiting for a long time, I saw that no one came to pick me up or stop Zheng Kuo and others, Jia Sidao knew that Zhao Qi, the commander of the Palace Front Office, must have known about this matter, and it is even likely that Zhao Qi personally ordered Zheng Kuo to do it.
If Jia Sidao encountered such a dog-biting incident before being promoted, he would naturally be happy to watch the show. But now he is a member of Lin'an Mansion, and he is second only to Yu Tianxi, so he will definitely not be able to stand by and watch.
He didn't want to get into evil with the Palace Front Office. It wasn't that he was afraid of the Palace Front Office, but he just didn't want to create trouble. Now that he has been involved in it, Jia Sidao naturally knows how to act so that he can get the greatest benefit.
"Haha, the general's anger should be smooth today, right? How about stopping now?"
From the time Zheng Kuo didn't ask about his official rank but just asked about his name, Jia Sidao knew that this guy was not thick at all, nor was he stupid. But this guy obviously didn't know him, so why didn't he beat him up?
"Hehe, boy, you say that if I am angry, I will be able to do it. I am angry now. Don't these idiots know that I am in urgent military affairs? If I delay military planes, what's the harm if I kill them? Come on, beat me to death!"
Zheng Kuo sneered and glanced at Jia Sidao, then looked at the four inner palace imperial guards behind him, opened their mouths a few times, and finally did not turn against each other, but shouted at the soldiers in front of the hall who were ready to stop.
He was extremely unhappy with Jia Sidao talking to him in an equal manner and not answering his questions. However, the four inner palace imperial guards made him extremely afraid.
As for emergency military information, everyone knows that there is definitely nothing.
"How about trouble four of you to take down the soldiers in front of the hall who committed the murder?"
Jia Sidao had known that Zheng Kuo would not be so obedient, so he was not surprised by his words at all. His expression moved slightly but he looked at the four imperial guards behind him who had not noticed before.
Chapter completed!