The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 110

Zhao Tun didn't say much, and the guards behind carried Zhang Xian on their backs and walked out.

When he was only halfway there, he saw a group of people coming in front, the leader was wearing official robes, with a ruddy complexion and a black beard, seeing Zhao Tun hurriedly said: "Stay, King Qi, please stay, King Qi."

Zhao Tong saw that it was Fu Qingshu, Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, who was a loyal confidant of Cai Jing's lineage. Although he was in the imperial court, the Cai family's official disputes in Jinfengtang in Tokyo were all settled by this person. As a chief official of the imperial court, it is rare for him to be so impotent.

Zhao Tong said indifferently: "I don't like others to be called Liubu the most. Fu Shangshu, what did you just say?"

Fu Qingshu was taken aback for a moment. He had heard that the King of Qi was warm, but later he learned of the tyranny. Now it is clear that he is arrogant and domineering!

He was dissatisfied in his heart, but he didn't show the slightest bit on his face. As an official in his position, his personality has long been established. Since he has done many shameless things, why does he care about this? He hurriedly said: "What the prince said is very true. , I dare not mention it again, I dare not mention it again."

Zhao Tong looked at him: "Fu Shangshu, haven't you been to this prison before?"

"Ah?" Fu Qingshu was stunned again, this guy really didn't speak the rules, why did he come to this prison for nothing, it's unlucky, he usually walks around here.

Zhao Tong continued to move forward. Fu Qingshu's forehead was sweating. He glanced at Zhang Xian behind the guard and whispered, "My lord, this is a murder suspect. Where do you want to take him?"

Zhao Tang ignored, Fu Qingshu wiped off his sweat: "Where the prince wants to take it, why not tell the lower official, the lower official will send someone to send it, why bother the prince?"

Zhao Tong looked at him and said with a smile, "Do you really want to send it?"

Hearing the words, Fu Qingshu was dumb, and suddenly remembered that this person who is used to being in the market place doesn't play cards according to common sense, if he deliberately misunderstands his own polite words, and asks his family to send someone away, what will happen? "

"Master Fu..." Someone beside him suddenly whispered, and gently pulled the corner of Fu Qingshu's clothes.

Fu Qingshu frowned, secretly thinking that he was too blind, so he just ignored it.

Zhao Tong said: "Which interrupt?"

The man regretted it at the moment, why didn't he hold back, but he received the order of King Yun to come to pick him up, but now seeing that this matter would not work, he panicked, King Yun planned for a long time and only waited for today, he Going back and returning to life like this, I am afraid that if you don't die, you will have to peel off your skin.

He didn't dare to make a sound, a guard had already stepped forward to find out for him, Zhao Tang looked at it: "Is it from the Imperial City Division?"

The man hastily knelt down: "Second Great King, the young one is too talkative, please ask the Second Great King to come down."

Zhao Tong sneered and said, "The Secretary of the Imperial City still has the face to plead guilty? You've been wandering around the front and back of this prince's mansion recently, and now you dare to speak offensively?"

This person didn't dare to argue. In the imperial city, Si Ke knew the temperament of these princes and princes better than Fu Qingshu. He raised his hand and slapped himself: "The second king, the younger one is convicted, the second king will beat or punish the younger one for pleading guilty." .”

Zhao Tun said: "Throw it in the prison and hang it up."

Immediately, a guard dragged the head of the Imperial City Division down. Fu Qingshu's eyelids twitched, and he glanced at Zhang Xian, pondering what to say in his heart, and walked up with Zhao Tian.

Outside the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Zhao Tong ordered Zhang Xian to be placed. Later, Fu Qingshu said: "My lord... I have something to ask you."

Zhao Tang glanced at him, and said: "It's not that this king has taken the person away, but you still want this king to leave a written note for your Ministry of Punishment?"

Fu Qing twitched his skin, and said repeatedly: "Don't dare, my lord is virtuous, this man was handed over from the Kaifeng Mansion, and he was just going through the motions in the Ministry of Punishment, King Yun..."

Zhao Tong sneered and said: "Fu Shangshu, I know that you have always been able to bend and straighten, but...if this king asks someone to hang you in the prison below for a few hours, I am afraid that you will never be able to stand upright again in the court. Don't get up!"

Fu Qingshu immediately said: "My lord, that's not what Qing Shu meant. Qing Shu just wanted to explain the ins and outs of this matter to my lord. Please don't misunderstand me. Qing Shu will respectfully send you off to my lord."

Zhao Tong sneered in his heart, even though these court officials reached such a status, wearing purple hanging gold and being a minister, few of them had straight waists, why?Just because one's own actions are full of loopholes and disregard the law, there is absolutely no reason to fight with reason rather than surrender.

A group of people returned to the palace, Zhao Tun ordered Zhang Xian to be settled, and then called the imperial doctor to see the injury, but Zhao Kai in Prince Yun's mansion over there was already furious.

Even though he wasn't such an extroverted character originally, the anger in his heart was beyond description at the moment, even the picture of birds and rocks reflecting interest that he had worked so hard to draw before, was stretched out and torn to pieces.

After a while, he sat on the chair and calmed down slightly, and ordered outside the door: "Go and get all Zhang Xian's confession, and Fu Qingshu asked him to write a note and hand it over immediately. Later, the king will enter the palace to meet the officials. If you tell everyone about this matter, then you won’t believe King Qi, he can tell what’s right and wrong!”

The people outside the door hurried away to do things, Zhao Kai got up and walked around the room twice, gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "A wolf is ambitious, arrogant and domineering, I don't believe you can convince the officials every time, this time you dare to rob the prison of the Ministry of punishment, I think you will dare to raise the flag to rebel next time!"

As soon as the word rebellion was mentioned, Zhao Kai was taken aback for a moment. He frowned, as if thinking of something, his expression gradually calmed down, and then he returned to the chair and sat down, frowning and meditating.

Just after noon the next day, Zhao Tuo received an imperial decree in the mansion to proclaim the audience. He asked Su Shi to load some special products from Longyou into the car, and brought over the box of precious beads that Ling Jiabana presented to him when he met him. Pick out a few weird ones that few people know, and find a jeweled brocade box to put them in, and bring a book of credence, and then enter the palace.

After entering the imperial city, he went straight to the Chengping Hall of Yanfu Palace. The eunuch notified him to enter the hall, but he saw that it was not the Taoist emperor alone, not only Zhao Kai, but also another forty year old, very elegant, with a slight beard. man.

This man, Zhao Tong, recognized that it was Wang Wei. He was very talented and sharp-witted, but he had no real knowledge, but he was good at flattery.

Now Wang Fu is already in the position of Shangshu Zuocheng and Zhongshu Shilang, which is equivalent to a deputy prime minister, but this person has a problem, he is a grasshopper, and he is often willing to leave behind in everything he does. On the one hand, he relies on Liang Shicheng On the one hand, they hook up with the Cai family again.

But Liang Shicheng supported the crown prince, and the Cai family was dead against Zhao Kai, so he became a rare commodity to live in, and became the target of both parties' wooing.

But as soon as Zhao Tun saw him there, he knew that something was wrong, otherwise the Taoist emperor would not have been able to summon the people in the court when he saw him.

After meeting each other, the Emperor Daojun had a kind expression on his face: "King Qi has had a hard trip. I have read yesterday's papers. I was supposed to call you after a few days and let you rest in the mansion for a while, but King Yun and The Minister of the Ministry of Punishments jointly sued you, and I called you over to ask."

Because of the presence of Wang Fu, a foreign minister, Zhao Tun also kept court etiquette, saying: "It is the job of the minister to share the concerns of the officials, how dare you call it hard work, but the officials are worried about it, I am very grateful."

Emperor Daojun nodded, and said: "Let's talk about the matter at hand first. I have read the papers of King Yun and the Minister of Criminal Affairs, and I understand the general idea. Since it is a murder in a busy city, and there are confessions, why does King Qi ignore the law? Going to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice to forcibly arrest someone, does King Qi know that this is a serious crime?"

Zhao Tong said: "Do the officials still remember what I said about Gao Qiu's son?"

Emperor Daojun immediately became interested when he heard the words, and said: "Could it be related to this?"

Zhao Kai's heart skipped a beat when he heard this from the sidelines, he thought to himself that he was going to start making up stories to deceive the officials again, Zhao Yu is really treacherous and evil, he couldn't help but wink anxiously at Wang Wei who was beside him.

Wang Fu understood and nodded slightly.

Zhao Tong said: "The young murderer is the younger brother of the young lady at that time."

The Emperor Daojun said: "King Qi, this is your fault. Isn't this the same as what you did in the mansion of King Yun back then? And you are still a grassroots man. Where did you take him away forcibly?" ?

Zhao Tong said: "What the officials said is true, but what I thought at the time was not to save him at all!"

Daojun wondered: "It's not to save people, why did you forcefully take them away?"

Hearing this, Zhao Kai immediately yelled that it was not good, he knew Zhao Tun's tricks too well, every time he would first follow the official's words, then arouse the interest of the official, and finally use conspiracy to deceive to achieve his goal.

At this time, Wang Fu said politely: "The official, I have something to say."

Emperor Daojun said: "Wang Qing can say that I called you here to make a judgment."

Wang Fu saluted Zhao Tun again, and then said: "I offended the King of Qi, please don't blame the King of Qi."

Zhao Tang looked at him with a smile, and said to himself that even if I don't kill you, someone will kill you in the future.

Wang Fu continued: "Your servant thinks, the state has state laws, and the family has family rules. No matter what the reason is, the King of Qi should not go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to pick up the person, and the Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is still on the spot. Isn't the King of Qi disregarding the face of the court?"

He didn't say dead words, this is also his style, if he changed his tongue ruthlessly, he would say, what is the face of the court, what is the face of the official family and so on.

Zhao Tong nodded and said: "What Wang Xianggong said is also reasonable, but Wang Xianggong may not know that the elder sister who killed the boy is from the queen's house. Since Wang Xianggong said that the state owns the state law, and the family has family rules, then this is the family rule. Regarding the matter of the royal family, this king thinks that it is better to handle it by himself, otherwise it will damage the royal family's face if it is spread out."

Emperor Daojun said: "Then how do you plan to deal with it yourself, King Qi?"

Zhao Tong said: "Reporting to the official family, murder is a capital crime. Since it is an internal matter of my mansion, it should be brought back and beaten to death with a stick. Even if I have violated the court's laws, for the sake of the royal family's face, I... have to do this !"

As soon as he said this, the three people on the opposite side were all slightly taken aback, Zhao Kai thought to himself, so vicious?No, no, with a glib tongue like a spring, with lotus blossoms on it, there must be tricks.

Emperor Daojun wondered: "Can King Qi use lynching?"

Zhao Tong said: "The official wanted to kill the matter directly, but unexpectedly he complained. I didn't pay attention to it, but then I thought that if I was confused about this matter, I couldn't do other things, so I asked a few words. After questioning, there is indeed something strange in it, he was bullied by others, and he resisted and killed in self-defense to protect himself!"

As soon as Zhao Tong said this, Zhao Kai immediately said: "Officials, don't listen to Qi Wang's nonsense, this matter not only has a confession, but also a witness's testimony, no matter what, an intentional murder cannot be hidden."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Tun looked at Zhao Kai and said, "What does King Yun mean by this, and is the testimony of the witnesses credible?"

Zhao Kai sneered and said, "King Qi, don't deceive me. I don't understand. A personal certificate is called a lonely certificate. This king has three personal certificates, all of which can prove this matter."

Emperor Daojun said: "King Qi, what do you have to say?"

Zhao Tun thought for a while and said, "I also think what King Yun said is reasonable."

Zhao Kai's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words, for some reason, even though he seemed to be in the upper hand at the moment, he always felt a little weak for no reason.

"It's just an official. Since what King Yun said is reasonable, here is my minister..." Zhao Tang suddenly stretched out his hand, took out a whole stack of papers full of words from his bosom, and swung it forward: "This minister has the scene at that time." The testimonies of dozens of civilians can all prove the killing in self-defense, and the officials should make a clear judgment."

The Emperor Daojun and Wang Wei couldn't help but widen their eyes at the same time as they looked at the thick pile of testimony in Zhao Tun's hands, Zhao Kai's face turned pale instantly, he took a step back, and shouted: "This, this is impossible! "

(End of this chapter)