The Song Dynasty was the king for thirteen years before he knew that he was Tianlong.

Chapter 57 No Taboos
The imperial guards quickly surrounded the alley, lit their torches, and shouted, "What's going on in there? Why is there so much noise? Put down your weapons and don't move!"

Zhao Ti and his two companions approached and saw clearly that it was a team of more than a hundred people. Normally, a team of ten soldiers would patrol at night, and a team of a hundred was extremely rare.

The captain in front of him drew his sword and shouted, "Which gangs are you from? Put down your belongings, or I will kill you."

"Sir, the man on the horse is not very old and his clothes are not like those of an officer of the Imperial Guards," said Bai Zhan.

Zhao Ti glanced at the tall brown horse next to the team. It was clearly a war horse. War horses were in short supply in this dynasty and most of them were purchased from outside. In recent years, the relationship with Western Xia was tense and Qing Tang horses were difficult to buy. The court ordered that officials were not allowed to raise them, and privately kept them by the people.

The man on horseback was young and dressed in brocade. He pointed his hand into the alley and said, "Too bold, too bold. Damn them all. Damn them all!"

The corners of Zhao Ti's mouth curled up slightly. At this time, the soldier in front saw the three of them and immediately shouted, "Where are you from? Stop right now!"

Bai Zhan took out his badge and flashed it: "The Imperial City Division will travel around the capital, and there are no taboos!"

The soldiers were startled when they heard this. The captain at the entrance of the alley hurried over and said, "So it's Siwei. What are you doing here so late at night?"

Bai Zhan asked, "The night patrol troops consist of ten men each. Why are you all gathered here?"

The captain said: "Si Wei, we are arresting gang thieves, we can't do it with less people!"

Bai Zhan said: "This is strange. They don't catch them during the day, but at night."

The captain laughed and said, "The guards don't know. How can they arrest people when there is nothing going on during the day? Only when trouble occurs at night can they bring people to arrest them."

"Something went wrong last night..." Bai Zhan said, "I was watching this place from the other side of the bridge just now. The noise in the alley lasted only two or three quarters of an hour. Not only did you get the news in time, but you also quickly gathered ten teams of soldiers to come. Could it be that you are here to protect this alley? To support and shield the people in the alley, and to be a big tree to provide shade?"

The captain hurriedly shook his head: "What are you talking about, Si Wei? There is absolutely no such thing, absolutely no such thing!"

At this time, the young man on the brown horse turned his horse's head and said anxiously: "Qu Dutou, why don't you go in and catch them? Otherwise, all the thieves will jump over the wall and run away. The Imperial City Bureau can't control the imperial guards to catch thieves, so there's no need to say anything more to him."

The captain grinned, thinking that the Imperial City Administration had no control over the normal dispatches of the imperial guards, but it was not good to offend them. After all, they were all in the city every day and who knows what they might meet again.

Bai Zhan heard this and asked, "Who are you? How dare you command the imperial guards to act?"

The young man on his horse didn't even look at him, and said impatiently: "Don't you think that you can control anyone in the Imperial City Department? Don't you see who I am? Get out of here quickly."

Bai Zhan said, "How dare you! The Imperial City Division is acting on orders from the palace and does not enter the court. No matter who it is, even the Imperial Guards have the right to supervise. Who dare you to ask the Imperial City Division to retreat?"

The young man said angrily, "Who am I? My father is the right prime minister of the dynasty, and my uncle is the governor of Dingzhou. Do you dare to investigate my family? Even if you want to investigate, you have to go to the palace and ask the Empress Dowager for permission!"

Bai Zhan frowned when he heard this. It turned out that he was the nephew of Su Shi, the son of Su Zhe. At that time, Su Zhe was the Minister of the Right Prime Minister, ranked among the prime ministers, and was quite favored. He was a confidant of the Empress Dowager Gao Taotao.

"As the son of Prime Minister Su, you dare to command the imperial guards?" Bai Zhan said coldly.

"Humph, you are the best at seducing people with words. I didn't give any orders. I just reported and arrested the thief!" The young man rolled his eyes and said, "The Imperial Guards caught a thief, but you still monitor him. Are you in cahoots with the thief? I'll go back and tell my father, and I'll go to the palace to find the Empress Dowager to report you!"

"How arrogant!" Bai Zhan said with a frosty face, "Do you have an official status, so you can go with the Imperial Guards?"

The young man said, "I won't tell you whether I have an official position or not. If you have the guts, go ask my father!"

"Hu'er..." At this time, a voice sounded slowly behind Bai Zhan.

"Who, who called me by my nickname?" the young man shouted angrily on his horse. His full name is Su Yuan, and his nickname is Hu'er. He is Su Zhe's youngest son. His family dislikes this nickname very much, and no one else dares to call him by it easily except the elders in the clan.

"Tiger!" the voice came again.

"You, try to yell again?" Su Yuan's face turned red on the horse. He rubbed his eyes and looked carefully. He heard the voice coming from behind the Imperial City Guard in front. "Tiger! Don't get off the horse!"

"I...if you call me that again!" Su Yuan was furious, but he did not dare to say anything rashly, because he knew that the person who called him by his nickname was either an elder or a relative.

"Tiger..."

Su Yuan was so angry that his shoulders were shaking. He looked with wide eyes. Although there was a moon in the sky, it was half covered by dark clouds and was dim. The light was completely illuminated by the torches.

Zhao Ti was in the rear of Bai Zhan. He had recognized Su Yuan long ago. This youngest son of Su Zhe had previously entered the palace to accompany his studies and had a close relationship with Zhao Ji.

He was familiar with the other party, but not on good terms with him, because he had beaten Su Yuan several times.

Su Yuan, his tutor, was shaking his head and talking nonsense, and he made sarcastic poems with Zhao Ji and others. He wanted to ask them to write one too, but he didn't want to pay any attention to them. When they kept pestering him, he just beat them up.

Who would have thought that he would not learn his lesson and actually used poetry to mock him, so he was beaten again.

Later on, Su Yuan no longer entered the palace. It was said that he started to play with sticks and martial arts at home. He would not listen to Su Zhe's scolding. It seemed that he wanted to practice martial arts and take revenge on him?

Zhao Ti walked forward slowly and said calmly, "Hu'er, I heard that you have been practicing martial arts at home in the past few years. Do you want to challenge me to a duel?"

"Ah?!" Su Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then his face changed drastically: "You, Yan, King Yan..."

"Still not coming down yet!"

"I..." Su Yuan jumped off the horse with a "whoosh", and then seemed to want to run, but was a little afraid, and stood there at a loss.

"You organized the Three Points Society? You practice martial arts at home and form a gang. What do you want to do?"

Zhao Ti sneered, and the imperial guards heard the outcome and saluted one after another. The captain groaned in his heart but dared not say a word. He just lowered his head, wishing he could bury himself in the ground.

"I, I..." Su Yuan's face turned pale.

"Returning the Hall to Three Divisions, do you want to divide Tokyo City into three divisions, or divide the world into three divisions?"

"Your Highness, I was just joking, I..."

"Tomorrow I will ask Mr. Su what you want to do. You are a prime minister, a family of scholars, and yet you are such an ignorant and unreliable kid!"

“Ah?” Su Yuan fell to his knees with a plop: “Your Highness, please don’t, my father…my father will beat me to death.”

"No?" Zhao Ti looked at him and said, "Tell me, who is behind this?"

"No one instigated me." Su Yuan shook his head. "I was listening to stories outside. A new storyteller came to Dingjiasu Teahouse in front of Xiangguo Temple. His name is Huo Sijiu. He wrote a picture book about the three-point story, which tells the story of Cao Wei and the Han Dynasty in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. I thought the name sounded good, so I took it."

"Privately using war horses, colluding with gangs, and instructing the imperial guards, these crimes are not as simple as just beating up Lord Su. If the matter is brought to the court, Lord Su will be impeached!"

"Ah?" Su Yuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly burst into tears: "Your Highness, please don't let my father know."

"Then tell me, how did you form this third gang? Where did you get to know the gang members?" Zhao Ti raised the corner of his mouth.

“Your Highness, I, I…” Su Yuan said, “Someone among Prince Duan’s followers knew me and knew that I wanted to be the leader of a gang, so they mediated and tried to find me. I was just a figurehead…”

(End of this chapter)