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

Chapter 165 Mr. Cai
The next day, Zhao Tun went out early in the morning and went straight to the military supervisor outside Tokyo.

The military prison at this moment is not compared to last year, the walls around the prison are much taller and thicker, and even the gate has been replaced with round new wood.

There are many tents around the military prison, and there are guards standing outside. After the prison cart came yesterday, the guards stayed here to guard the camp.

Seeing Zhao Tong coming, the guards in front of the door rushed to salute, and then opened the door to invite Zhao Tong to enter.

The level of imprisonment is still the same as last year, but it looks a lot fatter. Obviously, the money allocated by Zhao Tong to the military supervisor and construction has not been less greedy to his own arms.

Zhou Xiao and Shi Zhanye, Commander of the Ninth Battalion of the Left Wing of the Longwei Army, were with the Prisoner Jie. The three of them greeted each other, and Zhao Tong asked, "How are you?"

Zhou Xiao said: "The shackles have all been removed, and there is no shortage of food and drink, even if you live in prison, but the prison of the military supervisor can't live for a long time, and it's still dry without so much pickling."

Zhao Tong nodded. He didn't explain too much yesterday, and Zhou Xiao did well. He said, "Bring Shi Wenkui to see me."

After a while, Shi Wenkui entered the room. At this time, he had changed his clothes and tied up his hair, but his eyes were still a little dull. When he saw Zhao Tun, he was in a daze, and immediately fell to his knees: "My lord, help me, my lord!"

Zhao Tang looked at him, he should not have been punished on the way from Yanggu to the capital, but it would be hard to say when he entered Dali Temple. If it was true that he was accused of framing his colleagues, and Ximen Qing died and his home was robbed, then it would be a big deal. up.

Cai You watched Zhao Kai close the bead cover, and said, "The prince's letter has been read by the official, and what he said..."

Therefore, the Cai family's thinking in that regard will change, and to manage the youth for that matter, there are several people in the court to attract people, even if they want to change, it is almost possible.

"Xueshi Cai, sit down and drink tea."

Zhai Dalang said: "The big man has few people, so he finished the decoration when he returned in the middle of the night yesterday, and made the portraits familiar to everyone, and then went to squat behind the gates of several Cai Mansions."

Zhai Dalang left happily after getting the compliment, Zhao Kai sat under the chair and squinted his eyes for a while, then suddenly picked up a pen and wrote a letter, and then called Lei Badao: "Send that letter to Cai You's residence."

Zhao Kai said with a smile: "Of course the thing is true, and it will definitely be fake. Originally, I wanted to tell my husband, but thinking about my husband's age, I'm afraid it will be so nasty. What’s wrong is that it’s broken, and this king thought about it, so I wrote it to Xueshi Cai!”

When Cai You heard the words "Teng", he stood up and saluted: "My lord, if this is the case, please don't tolerate it. The law of the country is like this. Cai You is definitely protecting and willing to help the lord to get someone."

Cai You's face twitched when he heard the words, and he said: "What the prince said is very true, but Cai You is ignorant. When he saw the letter, he panicked and rushed to disturb him. Do you know which one of the Ba Geer's family has colluded with the bandits?"

Li Jiaoer: "You know it, he's staying there to ease the matter."

Zhao Kai laughed and said, "Please come back slowly!"

Hearing this, Zhao Kai laughed hotly and said, "The son of a junior steward in Cai Jing's mansion? As the saying goes, the first-rank officials are behind the prime minister's family, so the grand master's mansion has a lot of junior stewards. There are even more first-rank officials."

Emperor Daojun also felt that I hadn't done enough. At first, he just suspended Cai Wei from his post and waited for support. He had to intervene in the government affairs, but Cai You still wanted to relieve his hatred at that time, and even went to the government to force his younger brother to leave the capital.

I laughed and said, "Things that are meager can be ruined if they fall into the eyes of the lord. Cai You only hopes that the lord will have a good morning."

Zhang Fenggu hurriedly stood up and apologized: "The Shangguan hasn't punished this man yet, and the Shangguan has asked me to come here later to make amends to the lord."

Zhao Kai put down the wax-core Taoist embroidered story book under his hand, and said with twinkling eyes, "I found it so slowly?"

"Hahaha, what did Xueshi Cai say? This king is afraid that he will invite everyone outside on weekdays!"

Cai You said, "The Shangguan knows that the man is the son of Zhai Qian, the little steward of the Grand Master's Mansion, and he often goes to and from the Grand Master's Mansion."

When they got to the back hall, they asked Zhu Xiaoyi to sit on it. Li Jiaoer said, "Is it because of the magistrate of Yanggu County?"

Zhao Kai smiled, it's been a total of two days since I came back, but the news is probably spread all over the city of Tokyo, although few people will know how I'm doing, but many people have heard about my illness.

Lei Ba took the letter and went out, Zhao Kai continued to pick up the script and read it boringly.

After Zhao Kai finished speaking, he picked up the tea bowl, brushed off the floating leaves below, and took a big sip of the tea soup.

Never once did Cai You visit Cai Jing's mansion, and Cai Jing hurriedly asked the guests to avoid him. Cai You took Cai Jing's hand to check his pulse, and said, "Father's pulse is urgent. Is your body in good health?" Cai Jing replied: "Is there?" Then Cai You hurriedly left with the excuse that he had no official business in the ban.The guest saw that it was Cai You's actions, so he asked Cai Jing, and Cai Jing replied, "That man wants to use your illness as an excuse to force you to dismiss from office."

Zhang Feng shook his head and said: "I said it implicitly in my letter. I am afraid that no one will leak it and make it public. In fact, it is only Shi Wenkui's side, and there is no one in my husband's family. If it is made public, it will not be good for my husband's reputation." loss."

Chen Chuixiang looked at the firmness of the chair, while Su Shi said: "My lord let him sit down, what are you talking about!"

There was still something going on at that time, and the state road officials checked it later, scraped off the silver and left, because Ximenqing had no official status and was involved in a bandit rebellion, so he took his family members to Tokyo for trial.

Then he was escorted out of Beijing before a search, and interrogated several times during the period, but because he was going to be handed over to Xiaoli Temple first, so there was no penalty.

Even when he came to Cai Jing seven times to pay homage to the prime minister, "the blind eye is capable of everything", and all decisions were handed over to the seventh son Cai Tao. Cai You was jealous, so he repeatedly criticized Cai Tao's crimes to the emperor, and even persuaded the emperor. Killed his younger brother Cai Tao.

But I sloppy recalled that person Cai You, what he did was really ruthless, and he even winked when he attacked his father and brothers.

Zhao Kai smiled and said, "Tell me what's going on."

Zhang Fenggu saluted quickly and said: "My lord has worked hard for state affairs and hurt your body, I feel ashamed."

Zhang Fenggu then sat down, and then talked about the process of being arrested and expelled from Beijing.

However, Chen Chuixiang hid the property he had obtained and disposed of it at the crude medicine shop, and continued to work as a county magistrate with peace of mind, showing a little bit of arrogance, and only waited for Zhang Feng to send a message in the future to promote me.

It turned out that before Zhao Kai left, Chen Chuixiang thought about it, because I have been a magistrate for a long time, I know that the weight of the mound is the principle of weighing, even if I dare to do nothing less, I always come step by step.

Chen Chuixiang said: "My lord, there is no reason, but I heard a few words from this official during the interrogation. It seems that this year, Grand Master Cai's birthday, when he was calculating the gift list for his adopted son, he did not see Ximen Qing, so he asked about it. Mr. Cai Ba found out about this matter."

"Cai You takes the liberty to pay a visit, and please forgive me, my lord."

"I heard that the lord has worked hard on errands, and you are tired. Cai You should have come to visit early. Today, I will give you a big gift. Please accept it with a smile." Cai You took out a box from under her body, and gave it to him before opening it.

Zhu Xiaoyi breathed a sigh of relief, she pushed the matter away at this moment, that is to say, she had accomplished her purpose, she stood up and said goodbye: "This is just to disturb the prince's rest."

Zhai Dalang said: "Originally, I wanted to tie up Zhao Tundao when he left the mansion again, but I thought it was appropriate to come here, and after some more inquiries, I found out that he was a family man, and he lived in the Shilang's mansion. I know when I will come out next time."

In the morning, Zhang Fenggu arrived, and as soon as he left the study, he prostrated himself and said, "My lord, this NPC has been found!"

When Cai You heard the words, his expression changed, and he said: "My lord, that's okay, that's the first crime that can be pardoned, when are you going to arrest someone?"

Zhu Xiaoyi hurriedly said: "My lord Mingjian, the Xiaoli Temple incident in Yanggu County was just a formality. In fact, the investigation of the case was very sloppy. I haven't really figured out the whole story, so it is not the magistrate and the Yanggu County. Lord..."

When Zhao Kai thought of this, he coughed and said, "There is no steward named Zhang Fenggu in Shi Wenkui's residence, does Xueshi Cai know?"

Zhang Feng shook his head and said, "Sit badly and tell me what happened."

Zhao Kai saw that the young son of the Cai family was not yet seventy years old, but he was extremely poorly maintained. His appearance was refined, his skin was fair, and he had a big beard. He looked about seven or eight years older than his actual age. , wearing a small purple dark flower collar, with a suet white jade pendant hanging from his waist, with a smile on his face.

Zhao Kai nodded, looking at Zhang Fenggu's back and pondering in his mind, Zhao Tong looked like a servant of the Ministry of Officials, and he was regarded as a low-ranking official, but he knew where to take the lead in the Cai family's affairs. On Cai Jing's side, Young Master Cai has been fighting alone, facing the Cai family all the time.

Naturally, Ximenqing went to investigate after finishing writing, but the other party resisted, resisted arrest and beat him to death. The other main people should be detained and released, and then reported layer by layer with documents and evidence.

Zhao Kai looked at Cai You, and really knew what to say. Although he said that Cai You relied on the Taoist Emperor and not the Cai family in those years, was his reaction not too much?

Before Zhang Feng finished listening, he said: "The other party just said that he was framed, what is the reason?"

Zhai Dalang said: "That's exactly the case. I hurriedly tried to find a way to inquire about that person, and then I realized that this person is Zhao Tongdao, the son of Zhai Qian, the young steward of the Grand Master's Mansion. Now he is the eighth steward in the Shilang's Mansion."

Zhang Fenggu said flatteringly: "If you find it early, you will be raised for nothing by the prince."

I said, "Scholar Cai is too polite."

"Cai Shilang?" Zhao Kai thought for a while, and suddenly laughed, Cai Shilang is not outstanding among Ximen Qing's wives and concubines, he is fat and white, and his appearance is only special, while Zhao Tun has no title in Kaifeng Mansion , called Mr. Tang, means that I have no Tang style, and I hate fat men.

Cai You looked around the small hall, and there was only two words in his heart, shabby, really too shabby, the dignified prince, and he holds power in his hands, the furnishings in the middle hall of the mansion are just like my own.

Zhao Tun looked at Shi Wenkui, and said, "The county magistrate is suffering, please sit down."

Zhang Feng nodded: "This person colludes with bandits in the green forest and commits crimes, especially because he has a shallow relationship with Gui Fan Lou.

Zhao Kai glanced at me, took out his silk handkerchief and coughed for a while, until his face turned bright red, then he quickly held his breath.

When Chen Chuixiang heard the words, he knelt down slowly and said: "Wen Kui thank the prince for his kindness, if he gets his life, I will tie a straw to report to the prince."

Li Jiaoer: "Is it someone other than Zhao Tong?"

Li Jiaoer: "Which family is it?"

Zhang Fenggu almost burst into tears when he heard the words, and said: "Wen Kui dares, the prince is here, there is no place for Wen Kui to sit outside."

Unexpectedly, just a few months ago, people from the capital suddenly came, and they said that my whole family would be arrested directly, and all officials who were not state roads would change their faces, scolding me for framing my colleagues and greedy for my good man's property.

That meeting was in the middle hall, and the tea was brewed first. A moment ago, Cai You was seen walking back from the door.

"Yanggu County has nothing to do with this king." Zhao Kai shook his head and said, "I just met this king on the road, and heard the grievances outside the prison car, I wanted to ask a few questions, but I thought that the officials of their Xiaoli Temple were domineering. "

Zhu Xiaoyi smiled wryly when he heard the words, it was a mess, no matter how incompetent I was, it was bad: "My lord, I don't think so, the Shangguan didn't fully understand the matter, so he said it was bad, it was Shi Wenkui who came to Xiaoli Temple to explain it , Shangguan thought there was something wrong, so he took care of it first."

I took out a silk handkerchief, covered my mouth and coughed a few times. I looked at the box that Cai You had given me. There was not a single emerald green bead in the box. The bachelor spends money."

Zhang Fenggu said: "I saw this fat man retreating from Taishi Cai's mansion early in the morning. At that time, I thought he was not in charge of the mansion. Who knows that he went out again half an hour later, and went outside Shi Wenkui's mansion."

I don’t know much about Zhao Kai and Cai You. It’s all in those seven years. If you say that you did write a lot of amazing articles earlier, but when you come here, you don’t have the above. I heard that it’s broken again. Wu Yi never paid attention to it again.

Zhao Kai heard the outsider say: "Zhao Tun? It was because everyone in Ximenqing died, and the charge was conspiracy with bandits, and there was no evidence. I was just a local rich man who clings to Cai's mansion. Is there such a person as a thousand dollars?" Without four hundred, how could Zhang Feng continue to meddle in that business?"

That person Zhu Xiaoyi is greedy because he is weaker than others and has little ability, and I am young and will retire soon, so Zhao Kai also gave me warm looks.

Zhao Kai went out and took a carriage back to the mansion, when he arrived at the gate of the mansion, he saw a sedan chair parked outside, just as I got into the carriage, a man with frosty temples came out from outside the sedan chair, it was Zhu Xiaoyi, Minister of Xiaoli Temple.

Cai You sat down on the chair and looked around. It was the first time for me to come to Zhao Kai's house. In fact, someone from the Cai family also came to Zhao Kai's house, because the Cai family has always supported the eighth prince Cai He, and has always been kind to Zhao Kai. Be wary of a distant attitude.

In order to fight for the favor of the Daoist Emperor, Cai You set up his own family, separated from the Cidi, and pulled up a big force to attack each other with Cai Jing's forces. The fight for power and profit was bloody and bloody. Attacking Cai Jing's family, the father and son almost became enemies.

The eighth prince, Cai He, looked like the Daojun Emperor in every way. The Cai family believed that if the Daojun Emperor would pass on the throne to Cai He in the future, it would be the same even if he had a crown prince in his eyes.

Cai You thought to himself, if he had known how luxurious he was, he would have brought less things. There are a lot of those things in the storeroom at home, and there is no one to give them to the officials except to see something new. Basically, others give you gifts.

Zhao Kai nodded and said: "It's wrong for him to do that thing, let people look bad at Zhao Tun, come here and report immediately if there is nothing wrong."

Zhao Kai smiled, that was despised by the other party, Cai You's tone is very small, it really is Qian Shao's waist, I secretly thought in my heart, if the entire Cai family is copied, what is the military expenditure? Everything is a problem, if the Yanfu Palace is copied again...

Zhao Kai waved his hand: "It's fine to make an apology, but you're bothered to see me. You asked this Yanggu County, and you only complained about being wronged, but you said that you were framed by others. You said that if you quit Xiaoli Temple, you will die. You are worried that there will be an unjust case. , and took the person away first.”

Zhang Fenggu: "Come back and talk."

"I'm ashamed, how dare you be a prince, you really make Cai You feel ashamed!"

Zhao Kai nodded: "Zhao Tun, right? I'm so young and my brain is out of order. If I ask people about things, let me come to the king. As for the affairs of Yanggu County, you can tell me about it in eight or two days. Temple replied."

Zhao Kai waved his hand, got up and walked in, Chen Chuixiang wiped his sweat on the ground, his legs stopped shaking, what I was most afraid of at that time was that Zhang Feng would kill someone to silence him, I still knew where it was, that was Military supervisor, killed my whole family, dug a hole and buried it, who can do anything to Zhang Feng.

At dusk, the housekeeper at the gate of the mansion suddenly reported that Scholar Cai Xiao asked to see him.

Chen Chuixiang smiled wryly and said: "My lord, it should be so, but you heard the officials talking loudly at that time, it seemed that Mr. Cai Bagong knew something when he was investigating the matter, so he met a concubine of Ximen Qing, named Cai Shilang... ..."

(End of this chapter)