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

Chapter 398 Punish Evil, Assassinate
Zhao Tong looked at Xiao Yunfei in front of him, at this moment he finally understood why Zhou Tong didn't tell him about his master's background, including Lu Junyi who was vague.

He was born in the royal family, and he might even enter the temple. Zhou Tong didn't want him to get involved in the world's gossip, and some... troubles from the master's school.

Look, isn't this trouble coming right now!
The same is true for Lu Junyi, Lu's family is rich, he is a rich businessman, rich man, and official in Hebei, Lu Junyi values ​​love and righteousness.

He used to live his own life in Hebei, but it was because of being missed that a life-and-death event happened. Song Jiang valued that he was born rich, strong in fists and feet, and famous, so he used poisonous tricks to lure him into Liangshan.

This is all trouble, power, right and wrong!
Zhou Tong didn't tell them these things because he didn't want to bring them unnecessary troubles. If they encountered one day, they could completely ignore them and act as if they didn't know. However, the disciple can handle it by himself.

Zhao Tang thought this through in his heart and couldn't help secretly admiring that his teacher really had the foresight.

At this moment, he can pretend that he doesn't know, what is the magic boxing town of Kyushu, the world boxing champion, what is Yun Jiuxiao, and there is a little aunt, all of which are unknown.

Even if it was solved one day, Zhou Tong didn't say anything about it, and Zhou Tong was responsible for the matter of being a master, so it wouldn't damage his reputation.

Zhao Tun closed his eyes, and said calmly: "Xiao Yunfei, I have never heard of what you said, and my teacher has never said anything about it."

Xiao Yunfei also had trouble, this was different from what he had thought before, he did not expect that Uncle Zhou, who was so ignorant, would not even talk about his master's affairs with his disciples.

"Your Highness..." Xiao Yunfei had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, "What I said is true. If Your Highness doesn't believe it, you can ask Master Zhou to verify the authenticity."

Zhao Tong said with a cold face: "Teacher, wandering in clouds and wild cranes, is at ease in the world of mortals. Now this king is nowhere to be found. Where can I find his old man?"

"But, this..." Xiao Yunfei's face twitched, he didn't know what to say, so he could only say: "Your Highness always knows about Master Jintai, right?"

How could Zhao Tun admit it, and shook his head: "I've never heard of it!"

Xiao Yunfei was speechless for a moment, but thinking about it, if Zhou Tong hadn't mentioned it, how could he, a prince of the Song Dynasty who is far away in Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, know about Jianghu affairs?

Zhao Tun pondered for a moment, and said, "Xiao Yunfei, let me ask you, how could you protect Zhu Ruli, Zhu's son, at the house of the traitor Zhu Miao?"

Xiao Yunfei smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, this is the order of the teacher. The Zhu family and I have never known each other. It is the order of the teacher to protect the members of the Zhu family."

Zhao Tang wondered, "Is it what you just said... Yun Jiuxiao?"

Xiao Yunfei nodded: "Exactly. The teacher ordered me to go to Zhu's house and protect Zhu Ruli, the second son of the Zhu family, by name. I don't know the reason."

Zhao Tun's face darkened: "Do you know that the Zhu family is rebellious, cheating the court, entrapping the people, and deliberately plotting rebellion!"

Xiao Yunfei hurriedly said: "Your Highness, I don't know about this at all. Everything is arranged by the teacher, and I just obey the teacher's order."

Zhao Tong squinted his eyes and said: "Did you not see those vicious acts and usurpation in Zhu's family these days?"

"I..." Xiao Yunfei didn't dare to admit it, shaking his head like a rattle: "I only protect Zhu Ruli, I don't get involved in other things, and I seldom see it, the Zhu family doesn't regard me as a confidant, only Zhu Ruli takes me by my side. "

Zhao Tong sneered and said, "Zhu Ruli was wearing white armor on the bank of Taihu Lake and led the army. This is a serious crime of rebellion. You have been following him all the time. Do you know what kind of crime it is?"

Xiao Yunfei's face turned pale, even if he was ignorant, he knew the crime of treason, and Zhu Ruli would definitely be beheaded for rebellion, so if he followed him, wouldn't he also...

Zhao Tong continued: "You protect the rebels with the army, and you are also regarded as rebellious, and you will also punish the Nine Clans!"

"Ah?" Xiao Yunfei panicked when he heard this, "His Royal Highness, I really didn't know that he was going to rebel. Everything was ordered by the teacher. As for the relationship between the teacher and the Zhu family, he never told me!"

Zhao Tong raised his hand at Du Po Wusong, motioning to take Xiao Yunfei down.

He hasn't figured out how to deal with Xiao Yunfei yet, if it is true that according to the law, the Zhu family conspired against him, and Zhu Ruli wore armor and led the troops, then he, the personal bodyguard, must also be punished by death.

But the Zhu family's treason was originally a crime that was forced to be charged, and this Xiao Yunfei went there under the order of his teacher. It would be a bit unfair to kill him directly.

At this moment, Xiao Yunfei had already been pushed out of the door, and still shouted: "Your Highness, I am indeed from the same family as His Highness, please think twice, Your Highness, please be merciful."

Zhao Tang looked at his back and felt that this was a bad guy, and the one who really deserved to die was the so-called uncle Yun Jiuxiao.

What is the reputation of the Zhu family in Jiangnan?I'm afraid no one knows, no one knows!This kind of wolf's den and jackal's den actually sent disciples to protect his family, isn't that the same as the same breed?
In the early morning of the next day, Tong Guan sent over several confessions of Zhu Yu and Zhu Ruli, and privately there was an account book, which recorded the Zhu family's money and property.

After looking through it, Zhao Tong saw that there was nothing wrong with it, so he ordered Tong Guan to arrange to have Zhu's father and son beheaded at noon.

Then the soldiers paraded through the streets on horseback, beat gongs and drums, and posted the crimes of Zhu's father and son everywhere, and countless people surrounded them to watch.

When noon came, there was a sea of ​​people at the foot of Huqiu Mountain, and a row of people kneeled on the long execution platform.

Zhu Yu and Zhu Ruli and his son are in charge, and the rest of the Zhu family are classified according to their crimes. There are Zhu Yu's cousins, nephews and adopted sons, all of whom have done a lot of evil, and it is not an exaggeration to kill each of them a few times. .

There are also some long-standing officials of Yingfeng Bureau, military generals of the water army, and although the Taihu water army was completely wiped out by Shi Sheng, some of the commanders above are still alive. , Cut the weeds and eradicate the roots, and the head of Yingfeng Bureau will not leave a single thought, so as to avoid endless troubles in the future, they will all be convicted of treason and dealt with together.

The common people didn't believe that the imperial court wanted to kill Zhu Xie. Zhu Xie was an evil tiger in the southeast. He had occupied Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces for more than [-] years, and no one dared to move him. He is giving orders, why is he going to die today?

But looking at the audience at the moment, they were all members of the Zhu family. Knowing the truth, some people felt emotional and burst into tears, while others were filled with righteous indignation, swearing, counting Zhu's crimes, and even more daring ones, complaining to Zhu. The family threw stones, and there was chaos for a while.

Zhao Tong sat in the pergola behind the stage, watching all this coldly, while Tong Guan said from the side: "My lord, do you want to maintain order in the audience? Dispel all the people?"

Zhao Tong shook his head: "Let the common people vent, and by the way, let the Zhu family listen on the stage, what kind of outrageous things have they done these years."

Tong Guan said yes, and after a long while, the people in the audience were all hoarse, and their voices became weaker, Zhao Tun said: "Kill them all!"

Tong Guan threw a red arrow towards the execution platform in front of him, and saw the executioners raised Senhan's big sword with a ghost head, and the sword fell with their hands, the head rolled to the ground, and blood sprayed three feet.

The people in the audience were all startled, and then cheered one after another. Many people shouted that the second king is a thousand years old, singing praises, and boiling.

Zhao Tong smiled, listened for a while, then got up and left, leaving Tong Guan to deal with the aftermath.

He took Bai Ao, Wu Song, and a hundred blood-colored vanguard troops, and headed west of the city after getting off the shed. Zhao Tun wanted to go to Hanshan Temple to find the old monk Meng Chi and have another debate. Unwilling to be reconciled, being dizzy by the old monk, he couldn't discuss it and was defeated.

But just two or three miles away, when it was bustling and bustling, they heard bursts of scolding coming from the front.

When I got closer to see it, it turned out that there was a big man dragging a young woman in front of a snack shop. Wu Song couldn't bear it, and shouted angrily: "In broad daylight, the world is peaceful, how dare you rob people's girls!"

The big man saw that there were many people riding horses, and the guards were wearing armor, so he weakened his momentum, cupped his fists and said, "Return to my lord, this woman is not a good family girl. After entering the villain's shop, she took something and ran away without paying. Fortunately, the villain caught it quickly, otherwise there would be no place to make up for the loss."

Wu Song's expression turned ugly immediately, and he looked at the woman who was sitting on the ground sobbing softly and said, "Is what he said true?"

The woman just sobbed, and the big man hurriedly said: "My lord, how can this be fake? The small shop sells dim sum and cakes. This woman asked her to wrap it up but didn't pay for it. She ran away when she left the house. The neighbors all looked at her." clear."

At this time, someone nearby testified: "I saw it, but I really didn't give money."

Another person said: "Zhou Lang has always been kind in his business this week, but he looks ugly, so he definitely won't wrong this woman."

Someone said: "Master, look at this woman's arms, isn't she holding a wrapped cake?"

Seeing this situation, Wu Song didn't know how to deal with it, so he looked at Zhao Tong and said, "My lord..."

Zhao Tang looked at the woman on the horse, although she was dressed plainly, she was very clean, sitting on the ground and crying very sadly, she didn't seem like a habitual thief.

He frowned and said, "Ask her why she stole."

Wu Song stepped forward and pulled the big man aside, and asked: "Little lady, don't cry, you don't look like a thief, why do you want to steal from the store?"

The woman whispered: "My family, my husband has just died, the child is sick, and I want to eat cakes and snacks, but my family has no money, just, just..."

Hearing this, Wu Song sighed: "You are a poor man. Seeing how young you are, why did your husband die?"

The woman said: "To tell you the truth, my lord was originally a soldier from Suzhou Xiang. A while ago, the bandit army attacked the city and died at the top of the city."

Wu Song was stunned: "Since he died in battle, why is there no compensation? Why don't you take people's things and not pay money?"

The woman said: "There is a pension, but there is a mother-in-law who wants to support it, and a brother-in-law who wants to study, and the child is sick. The doctor spent a lot of money, and there is not much left."

Wu Song stared and said: "Then you can't steal things. If everyone is like you, the world will be in chaos!"

The woman cried: "I know I was wrong, and I will never dare again. I hope the adults will not arrest the slave family for questioning."

Wu Song turned around and said, "My lord, look at this..."

Zhao Tong lightly knocked on the horse's stirrup and stepped forward, looked at the woman and said, "Raise your head."

The woman was trembling, and Wu Song said from the side: "You look up, my son took pity on you, said he had to send you to the government, and paid the store's money for you."

After hearing this, the woman slowly raised her head, but she saw that under Jingchai's plain hair, without makeup, it turned out to be a delicate face of lotus, with willow eyebrows and almond eyes, extremely beautiful.

Wu Song was stunned for a moment, at first he thought she was just an ordinary girl, but how could he expect this female thief to be so beautiful, so he immediately took a step back and said nothing.

Zhao Tang looked at the woman, and smiled slightly: "Since life forced me to do so, it's justifiable. I will pay the bill on your behalf, and remember not to do such things in the future."

After finishing speaking, he motioned to Wu Song, and Wu Song took out a broken silver coin and threw it to the big man: "Is it enough?"

"It's too much, too much!" The big man immediately smiled, "I'll give you some change."

"You don't need to look for it!" Wu Song shook his head: "Even if you delay your business, you will be compensated."

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!" The big man nodded and bowed, and stepped aside.

At this time, the woman on the ground kowtowed: "Thank you for your generosity, sir, I am very grateful, my family, my family has nothing to repay..."

Zhao Tong didn't speak, Wu Song said from the sidelines: "Little lady, get up, is my son a person who gives favors and threatens retribution?"

The woman carefully got up holding the pastry, looked at Zhao Tun timidly, showing a shy expression, seemed to want to say something, opened and closed her mouth, and finally seemed to make up her mind: "My lord, I..."

Zhao Tuo looked at her, at this time the two were very close, Zhao Tuo was on the horse, and the woman was in front of the horse, but the horse was tall, and the woman needed to raise her head to speak.

At this moment the sun was shining, Zhao Tama was facing north, the sun shone on the woman's face, a burst of light was shining brightly, after the woman spoke a few words, suddenly a few imperceptible gleams flashed in the small mouth, this gleam was just a flash It just came out, if you hadn't stared at her closely with sharp eyes, you wouldn't have noticed it at all.

Zhao Tun kept looking at the woman, suddenly his pupils shrank suddenly, and he swung his sleeves out, and the few gleams of light were immediately caught in the sleeves, and then he snorted coldly: "Bold!"

The woman's complexion changed drastically, and two short swords appeared in her hands instantly, her figure was as light as a swift, she jumped up and stabbed at Zhao Tun.

Wu Song had already stepped forward and shouted angrily: "The thief woman wants to die!"

He reached out his hand like lightning, and with a sudden yank, he actually tore the woman down from her standing state.

The woman couldn't help being startled, and turned around and stabbed Wu Song with the sword in her hand. Wu Song grabbed her like a chick with great strength, twisted her collar, and then kicked her legs, and the woman fell to the ground with a "plop".

At this time, Bai Ao from behind also came forward, knocked off the two swords in the woman's hands, then Wu Song stepped on her feet, and cursed: "What a cheap maid, I thought I was a poor person, but I didn't think I was a snake!"

Zhao Tong gently unfolded the sleeves on the horse, revealing three silver needles as thin as ox hair.

"Qi hair silver needles?" Zhao Tun picked up three needles and looked carefully. The silver needles are sharp. If they hit the eyes, they will be blind. If they hit the throat, they will definitely die. It will also go with the blood, and finally swim to the heart, causing death.

Zhao Tang pinched the needle and his face was cloudy. At this time, he had no intention of going to Hanshan Temple again, and said coldly: "Take it back and interrogate it carefully."

The group returned to the Canglang Pavilion, and it was only a moment before Bai Ao came to report, but the interrogation came out. Zhao Tang frowned. An assassin in a busy city must treat death as home. How could it be so easy to confess?
Bai Ao said: "My lord, there was no torture at all, this woman just said everything, she is called Shui Lingxin, and she is actually the woman born by Shisheng, the great bandit of Taihu Lake!"

"Shui Lingxin?" Zhao Tang thought for a while, "It turns out that she is Shi Sheng's woman, no wonder...then she must want to die with all her heart?"

Bai Ao said: "My lord is right, this woman recruits everything, I think she means that she doesn't want to live anymore."

Zhao Tong thought about it: "It should have been sent to Tokyo for execution, but..."

Bai Ao said: "My lord's meaning..."

Zhao Tong sighed: "Execute on the spot, don't expose the corpse to the wilderness, buy a coffin and bury it."

Bai Ao said that he was leaving, Zhao Tang stood in the hall in a daze for a while, then turned to Ming Dao Hall.

Zhu Xiuniang was sitting at the table reading a book at the moment, and she didn't get up when she saw Zhao Tong coming, so Zhao Tong looked at her for a while and said, "Now that the war is over, has Xiuniang thought about moving all the coffins of Jiangning's people back to Shezhou?"

Zhu Xiuniang looked up at him when she heard the words: "You allow me to move the graves of the clansmen?"

Zhao Tong frowned: "Xiu Niang, what are you talking about? This is a big deal, so why not allow it!"

Zhu Xiuniang was in a daze and said: "But when I go back to Shezhou, I need someone from my family to preside over it. I, I am a girl..."

Zhao Tong looked at her for a moment, then smiled and said, "What does Xiu Niang mean?"

Zhu Xiuniang didn't look at him, but lowered her head: "Right now, there is only one elder brother of my Zhu family who is the county magistrate in Fujian. I don't know if he has written a letter to the court to return home to pay homage."

Zhao Tong said, "Does he not want Ding You?"

Zhu Xiuniang said: "His parents died young, and he grew up with the support of his clan, so there is no need for Ding You to end it."

Zhao Tun nodded: "The imperial court is procrastinating. When the news reaches him, he will write a letter. After the imperial court approves it, it will be delivered. I don't know when. This matter can't wait any longer. After all, the teacher's return to the imperial court is imminent, so I will write a letter." Send him a letter and tell him to go directly to Jiangning!"

Zhu Xiuniang was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "This is the best."

Zhao Tong said: "Then I will write a letter now, Xiu Niang, you should also make some preparations." After speaking, he got up and left.

Looking at his back, Zhu Xiuniang couldn't help showing a gleam of joy on her face. She thought to herself, if she sees her clan brother, she must tell her clan brother all the actions of this villain, and let her clan brother find a way to move upwards, so that she can see him. Listen to the heavens on this matter, tell the world, punish him, and avenge the clansmen!

(End of this chapter)