"Officials, don't be anxious. The situation is unclear now. Maybe everything will be fine in the workshop?"

When Liu Qingxin saw Ning Fu's anxious look, she couldn't help but comfort him.

"It's useless for you to be anxious now. More than a dozen villages have been classified as epidemic areas. No one is allowed to enter or leave, otherwise they may be executed on the spot!"

Liu Zheng also frowned and said to Ning Fu.

Now that the city gate has been closed for a long time, he is also a promotion official after all, and he is restricted from moving around in the city, let alone leaving the city.

Ning Fu frowned and turned a deaf ear to the words of the Liu family and his daughter.

After a while, Ning Fu suddenly raised his head and looked at Liu Zhengdao: "Father-in-law, I want to enter the palace!"

"Are you crazy? Why are you going to the palace at this time? And is the palace a place you can go?"

Liu Zheng was so frightened that he almost jumped, and Liu Qingxin also showed a worried expression.

"I have my own reasons for entering the palace. Now that the whole city is under lockdown, I can only trouble my father-in-law to take me there!"

Ning Fu said again very seriously.

"I...even if I want to take you into the palace, I don't have the qualifications to do so!"

Liu Zheng looked helpless. He was only a sixth-rank official and was not even qualified to participate in the morning court. How could he bring Ning Fu into the palace?

"You don't have to worry about this. Legally speaking, anyone is eligible to enter the palace!"

Ning Fu said confidently that he only needed Liu Zheng to take him to the vicinity of the imperial city.

…

Cai Jing walked out of the imperial city angrily.

Now that the whole city is under lockdown, Cai Jing, as the governor of Kaifeng, is naturally busy with affairs, and he needs to worry about everything large and small.

But now Cai Jing is very angry.

Just now he went to see Zhang Dun in the political hall to report to him the progress of investigating smallpox patients in the city.

However, because the progress was too slow, Zhang Dun scolded him.

Cai Jing became extremely angry when he thought of this.

He has been so busy from morning until now that he can't even take a bite of food. In the end, he got scolded. Who can he ask to explain this?

Just when Cai Jing was about to get on the carriage, he suddenly heard someone shouting from behind: "Brother, stay!"

Cai Jing turned around, and it was his younger brother Cai Bian who stopped him.

"Second brother, why are you here?"

Cai Jing was a little embarrassed.

When I was scolded just now, Cai Bian was also there, but as a brother, he couldn't help but beg for mercy.

"Brother is angry with Mr. Zhang?"

Cai Bian came to Cai Jing and asked straight to the point.

"I……"

When Cai Jing heard this, his anger surged, but he finally couldn't control it.

"Second brother, you are here to judge. In such a large city of Tokyo, I only have so few people at my disposal. How can I possibly conduct an investigation in just a few days?"

"Brother, don't be too angry. Of course Mr. Zhang knows your difficulties, but he is a straight-tempered person. He will say whatever he wants and forget about it after he said it."

Cai Bian explained for Zhang Dun.

Now Cai Bian and Zhang Dun have an extremely close relationship, and their interests are consistent, so they don't want any conflict between his brother and Zhang Dun.

Hearing what his brother said, the anger in Cai Jing's chest dissipated a bit.

Later history books say that the relationship between Cai Jing and Cai Bian was bad, but at this period, the relationship between the two brothers had not yet broken down.

Just as the two brothers were talking.

Suddenly I saw a carriage speeding towards me in the distance.

At first, brothers Cai Jing and Cai Bian didn't pay attention.

However, the carriage flew past the two brothers and finally stopped at the entrance of Denwen Drum Courtyard in front of the imperial city.

Then a middle-aged man and a teenager jumped out of the car.

"Liu Zheng! What is he doing here?"

Cai Jing was also stunned when he saw the middle-aged man getting off the carriage.

"He is the official Liu!"

Cai Bian was also a little surprised, and then looked at the young man beside Liu Zheng.

"Isn't this young man just..."

"Yes, he is Ning Fu!"

Cai Jing's face darkened when he saw Ning Fu.

Since the Liu family escaped from marriage, Cai Jing also felt that he had lost a lot of face, so he deliberately made things difficult for Liu Zheng.

As for Ning Fu, Cai Jing didn't care at all at first.

But he didn't expect that the other party would become a famous talent in the capital overnight.

"It turns out that he is Ning Fu, and he is indeed a young talent!"

Cai Bian looked at Ning Fu in the distance and couldn't help but nodded slightly.

"What a young talent, he's just a cook. Who among the scholars doesn't know that Ning Fu's Sapphire Case was actually copied from someone else's. Otherwise, why would no other poems be published after he became famous?"

Cai Jing looked disdainful.

Cai Bian smiled slightly when he heard this. If he were Cai Jing, he would definitely not like this Ning Fu.

I saw Cai Jing striding forward and angrily yelling at Liu Zheng:

"Well, Liu Zheng, I sent you to investigate the epidemic, but you took your son-in-law and ran around, hoping that I would not punish you for abusing power for personal gain!"

Liu Zhenggang didn't notice the Cai brothers at first.

When he heard the scolding from behind, Liu Zheng was so frightened that his whole body trembled.

"Bye...meet the governor!"

When Liu Zheng saw Cai Jing, he immediately saluted him in panic. He also knew Cai Bian next to him.

Ning Fu didn't expect to meet Cai Jing here, and when he saw Cai Bian next to Cai Jing, he could guess the other's identity from their similar looks.

"Who are you? Do you know that the whole city is under lockdown and no one is allowed to go out?"

Cai Jing asked, pointing to Ning Fu Mingming.

Ning Fu went out without authorization when the whole city was under martial law, which was a serious crime.

Liu Zheng even used his power for personal gain.

Cai Jing took the opportunity to attack. If the charges were proven, their husband-in-law would be stripped of his skin even if he died.

Liu Zheng had already thought of the serious consequences. At this time, his legs and feet were so frightened that he could hardly stand still.

Ning Fu seemed very calm.

I saw him bowing to Cai Jing and saying: "I have informed the governor that I have important matters to come to the palace to meet the Holy Spirit, so I asked my father-in-law to bring me here!"

"You are just a commoner, but you still want to meet the saint?"

Cai Jing raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and then said with a mocking look.

"I do have a low status, but... it can help me face the saint!"

When Ning Fu finished speaking, he pointed at the Dengwen Drum Courtyard next to him.

"You have to beat the Denwen drum!"

Cai Bian couldn't help but speak at this time.

When Zhao Kuangyin founded the country, he set up a Dengwen drum in front of the imperial city gate, allowing people to beat the drum and submit letters. As long as they had legitimate reasons, they could meet the emperor.

"Exactly!"

Ning Fu straightened his face.

"You have to think clearly. If you beat the Dengwen drum indiscriminately, you will be exiled at the least, and killed with a stick at the worst!"

Cai Jing said with a threatening face.

When you listen to the Dengwen drum, you must not knock it randomly.

If you beat the drum randomly without a valid reason, you may lose your life.

"I am here for the lives of thousands of people in the world!"

Ning Fu looked upright. After saying this, he bowed to the Cai brothers and then walked towards Dengwen Drum.
To be continued...