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

Chapter 433 Search and smash
"You, you, you..." Cai Jing almost fainted after hearing this.

He shivered and wanted to speed up his pace, but unfortunately he was too old and weak. The housekeeper next to him was afraid that he would fall, so he supported and pulled him, so it took him a long time to get out the door.

"Do you have an official decree?" Cai Jing looked at Zhao Tao, who was standing coldly not far away, with a dry voice.

Zhao Tong held the horse's rein with one hand and stroked the red horse's mane with the other. He smiled lightly and said: "The remnants of the Demon Cult are ferocious. This matter is subject to authority. I have already sent someone to the palace to request an order."

"That means there is no imperial edict? You don't have the imperial edict, so you dare to search my house?" Cai Jing said angrily. He was the Grand Master of the dynasty, with overall power of Prime Minister and Assistant. His power was overwhelming, and he was the leader of the scholar-bureaucrats in the world. If Being searched is a great shame that cannot be washed away.

"It is an important matter for the demon sect's rebels to infiltrate the Grand Master's Mansion!" Zhao Tong snorted, "Does Grand Master Cai think this matter can wait? Or did those rebels leave from the Grand Master's Mansion?"

When Cai Jing heard this, his body suddenly trembled and he said angrily: "King Qin, don't you dare to spit on others. If you dare to search my mansion today, I will definitely unite all the officials in the court to impeach you!"

Zhao Tong sneered and said: "If Fang La's remnants are found, why wait until Master Cai is impeached? I will also impeach Master Cai!"

At this time, Cai Sui and Cai Chi trotted over from behind. Cai Sui was the fourth son of Cai Jing, the son who followed him to the court and handled political affairs on his behalf.

Because the word "绦" is the same as "绦", many historical books of later generations also called it "Cai Sui". In order to facilitate the distinction between the names of the Cai family brothers, it will be renamed "Cai Sui" in the following text.

Cai Wei was the fifth son, the one to whom Emperor Daojun gave him a wedding blessing.

Both of them were in a panic. As soon as they came over, Cai Sui said: "Father, it's not good. I don't know where the forbidden army broke into the house. They were carrying knives and guns in a ferocious manner. They didn't answer any questions. They just saw the house. Come in, look through the cabinets when you see them, don’t know what you’re looking for?”

Cai Jing felt dizzy when he heard this. It seemed that the King of Qin was not just here to take revenge and show off his power. He clearly wanted to rob their Cai Mansion.

"The King of Qin is here to search the palace. Please tell your servants not to act rashly!" Cai Jing said through gritted teeth.

"The King of Qin is searching the palace?" Cai Sui and Cai Ji were in panic just now, and now they saw Zhao Tao on horseback with his guards.

The two looked at each other with doubts on their faces. Cai Sui said, "His Royal Highness, King Qin, came to search my Cai family's residence. Is there any imperial decree?"

Zhao Tong drooped his eyelids and said, "No!"

Cai Ji frowned: "Since King Qin has no imperial decree, it is a big mistake to search the minister's residence without permission!"

Zhao Tong snorted and had no words.

Cai Sui looked unhappy and said: "I, the Cai family, are not ordinary ministers. My father is the first rank of the dynasty, the third Duke, and is in charge of the affairs of the prime minister. Isn't King Qin afraid of being impeached by the civil and military officials of the dynasty, and not afraid of being punished by the officials?"

Zhao Tong said coldly: "The remnants of Fang La's rebels have fled into your Cai family. I am here to capture the rebels. If you hinder my capture, you will be punished with the same crime as the rebels!"

"Rebel, what kind of rebel?" Cai Chi said in confusion.

Cai Sui seemed to have remembered something and immediately shouted: "King Qin, isn't your Chongxiao Tower designed to catch rebels? Why are you here at our Taishi Mansion?"

Zhao Tao touched his chin and said, "Sky Tower is not a fortress with iron walls. Of course, some rebels escaped, entered Baolu Street, jumped over the wall, and hid in your Cai family."

Cai Sui said angrily: "King Qin, you are slandering me. Our Cai family has always been heavily guarded. How could any remnants of the rebels escape?"

Zhao Tong said lazily: "What do you know? Do you really think that the remnants of the Demon Sect are ordinary people? They are all green forest thieves who come and go, flying over the walls. If they want to enter your Cai family, it's just as easy as walking on flat ground."

Cai Sui moved his lips, and just when he was about to refute, he saw many servants running over under the leadership of the steward, crying as they ran: "Master, Master, it's not good..."

Cai Sui immediately shouted: "Why are you shouting? What's wrong?"

The steward hurriedly cried: "Fourth Young Master, those Imperial Guards not only rummaged through things and hid them on their bodies, but they even broke them!"

"Ah, smash it? What did you smash?" Cai Sui stepped forward, grabbed the steward's collar and asked.

"Fourth, Fourth Young Master, they beat and smashed everything..." The steward wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "All the porcelain and jades in the room were smashed, and everything that could be broken was smashed, right. Fourth Young Master, I just saw them going to your residence."

"Porcelain? All smashed?" Cai Sui was stunned, and suddenly shouted: "My Yue kiln has red underglaze..."

Cai Chi also shouted: "My East China Sea blood coral!"

After saying that, the two turned around and ran back.

Zhao Tong sneered: "Anyone who prevents the capture of the demon sect's remnants will be treated as traitors and will not be shot!"

The two of them trembled and stopped. Cai Sui turned around and said: "King Qin, you, you are talking nonsense. You are making false accusations out of thin air. I will go to His Majesty to intervene against you!"

Zhao Tong narrowed his eyes and said, "You mean you want to stop me from capturing the remnants of Fang La?"

"We..." Cai Chi looked at Cai Sui with a slumped expression.

"Fifth brother, don't listen to his bluff. He is setting up a trap. I am a third-rank official in the imperial court, and you are also a fifth-rank official. I don't believe what he can do to us with his empty talk!" Cai Sui shouted, and turned around after speaking. Still have to go.

Zhao Tong bared his teeth and smiled on the horse. He lightly knocked on the stirrup, and the red horse immediately rushed forward and came to the two of them.

Then Zhao Tong's expression became ferocious, he raised his hand and whipped Cai Sui hard with a horsewhip.

"Ah..." A scream suddenly passed through the sky above Cai Mansion. Cai Sui was knocked to the ground by the whip, and his clothes instantly tore open, and his skin and flesh were directly exposed.

"Dare you talk back to me? Who gave you the courage?" Zhao Tong raised his hand and whipped him again. This time, Cai Sui's cotton scarf was knocked away. The tip of the whip swept across his face, leaving a streak. A purple mark over three inches long.

"Ah ah ah, you hit me..." Cai Sui wailed.

Zhao Tong whipped him again: "If you dare to talk to me like this, I think you are seeking death!"

A riding crop is meant for beating horses, and horses can't stand it even if they have rough skin and thick flesh, let alone humans.

After three whips came down, Cai Sui rolled his eyes, his body twitched, and he fainted from the pain.

Cai Jing was so frightened that he didn't dare to move at the moment, as if he was stupid. Cai Jing was trembling all over and pointed at Zhao Tong with his finger: "King Qin, you are arrogant and domineering, and you bully others too much..."

At this moment, several forbidden soldiers came from a distance, dragging two corpses in their hands. When they got close, they threw them on the ground casually and saluted: "Your Majesty, I have captured and killed the two remnants of the Demon Sect. I would like to ask your Majesty to have a clean body." !”

Zhao Tong nodded, looked at the corpse dressed in Jianghu, and couldn't help smiling in his eyes: "Okay, excellent. It seems that these rebels have really come to the Grand Master's Mansion and will continue to be searched by me. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed." Ground kill!"

Cai Jing looked at the corpse on the ground, his open mouth slowly closed, and then his eyes became increasingly cloudy. At this moment, he seemed older, and his body was even more rickety than before.

Naturally, this corpse was left behind by the Jianghu Green Forester who had sneaked into Shongxiao Tower before. After he died in the building, Zhao Tao picked out a few corpses and preserved them intact. This time, he searched the Taishi Mansion and ordered people to bring them in. .

"Master Cai, I am not lying!" Zhao Tong looked at Cai Jing and said proudly.

Cai Jing was silent for a moment, and then ordered his servants: "Carry the Fourth Young Master to treat his injuries. King Qin... search anywhere in the palace, and no one is allowed to stop him, otherwise he will take care of his own life or death."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and wanted to go back to the room. Cai Wei followed behind him and said in a pitiful voice: "Father..."

Cai Jing said: "Shut up!" Zhao Tong looked at Cai Jing's back and said: "Grand Master, please be patient."

Cai Jing paused and said, "What else does King Qin have to do?"

Zhao Tong said calmly: "Since it has been confirmed that the rebels have escaped into the Grand Master's Mansion, then... I will also search Grand Master Cai's room."

"You..." Cai Ji immediately became anxious after hearing this, but when he saw Zhao Tong's cold eyes, he stopped talking.

Cai Jing took a deep breath: "King Qin, do whatever you want!" After saying that, he still walked to the room.

Zhao Tong smiled and said: "Actually, this king is doing this for the sake of the Grand Master. If the thief is hiding under the Grand Master's bed, if he wakes up in the middle of the night and frightens the Grand Master, he will cut off the Grand Master's head with just a flick of his wrist. That’s not good, then wouldn’t it mean that our Song Dynasty is missing a loyal minister and good prime minister?”

Cai Jing had already stepped into the room at this time, and said in a weak voice: "Then I would like to thank King Qin..."

Zhao Tong smiled slightly, looked behind him and said, "Let's search Taishi Cai's room with me!"

At this moment, there were more than a dozen forbidden troops behind him, and Bai Ao and Shi Qian were also among them. Hearing this, Gao claimed that he was right, and followed Zhao Tong over.

Cai Jing's room is very large, not like an ordinary suite. The outside is as spacious as a central hall, with couches, tables, chairs and floral screens. All the furnishings are elegant and precious, and can accommodate guests.

Cai Jing had been helped to the couch at this time, leaning against him with his eyes closed, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart.

Zhao Tong smiled "hehe", walked to the couch and sat down with a golden sword, glanced at Cai Jing opposite him, and then said loudly: "Listen to me, the search for rebels is a search for rebels, but you are not allowed to move here. Don’t smash your things, let alone break them, this is Taishi Cai’s room, so be careful!”

When everyone heard that, Cai Jing half-opened his eyelids and looked at him from the opposite side.

But after only a few breaths, there was a crisp sound, and a bile bottle that was about half the height of a man fell to the bluestone floor and shattered into pieces.

"Your Majesty, I made a mistake, I made a mistake." Shi Qian said with a playful smile.

"Be careful!" Zhao Tong coughed: "Don't damage anything in the house again, otherwise you will be severely punished!"

"Crack..." Before he could finish his words, another bile bottle was knocked down and shattered.

"Your Highness, I also missed..." Bai Ao said guiltily.

Cai Jing opened his eyes and looked at Zhao Tong.

Zhao Tong touched his chin: "Didn't I tell you to be more careful? Why are you still so careless? When we go back after the search, we will definitely beat you to death with fifty powerful sticks!"

Bai Ao scratched his head: "Yes, yes, the villain accepts the punishment, accepts the punishment."

Cai Jing closed his eyes.

"Clap!"

"Dangdang!"

"Boom!"

"It's squeaking..."

"King Qin, what are you going to do?" Cai Chi stood beside him and was shaking with anger.

"It's all because my subordinates were careless. I will definitely punish you when I go back, and I will never forgive you!" Zhao Tong said with a smile.

Cai Jing's face kept trembling. The furnishings in this house were all his favorite things. Although they were not Liancheng's treasures, they were still valuable. They had been his collection for decades.

At this moment, hearing the sound of breaking one piece after another, Cai Jing's heart seemed to be bleeding. He wanted to stand up and scold him to stop it, but he knew that it was just humiliating himself.

The official prestige he had developed over decades, the official etiquette he had developed as a public official, and the majesty of a superior person might be useful to others, but they were of no use to Zhao Tong.

At this time, the hall was in a mess, with pieces of porcelain and jade everywhere. Even the rosewood table had a broken leg and was lying crookedly on the ground. The high-quality Hetian white jade screen inlaid with gold also overturned the side and broke into more than a dozen pieces. .

The Imperial Guards walked back to the bedroom inside, and then heard the chant of "Ouch, Ouch". Cai Ji ran over and saw a few people lifting Cai Jing's bed.

He couldn't bear it anymore and said, "What are you doing!"

Shi Qian came from behind and said, "Of course I want to see if there is anyone hiding underneath!"

"You..." Cai Ji was so angry that his eyes were filled with stars. The couch had a hollow bottom that could be used to place things, but there were also four sealed couches with only a dragon skeleton underneath. This kind of couch could not hide people at all.

Cai Jing's couch is in the shape of a dragon skeleton that is sealed on all sides. Not to mention hiding people, even cats and dogs cannot hide in it.

Moreover, his couch is called the Eight Treasures and Treasures Warm Jade Couch. It is a large couch made of red sandalwood, with a large piece of warm jade as the surface, and eight kinds of treasures and countless rare treasures inlaid around it.

This couch is large and heavy, and it is a treasure in itself. All the things on it are extremely expensive and worth thousands of gold.

"Wu Lang is back!" Cai Jing said at this time: "Just let them see."

After hearing this, Cai Chi had to retreat into the hall, but before he could completely retreat, he heard a loud noise. It turned out that the imperial army had overturned the couch.

The fine rosewood broke and flew away, the warm jade broke into countless pieces, and the inlaid eight treasures and some rare treasures were shaken off and rolled to the ground.

At this time, the Imperial Guards didn't even look at whether there was anyone hiding under the couch. Instead, they put the treasures that had fallen on the ground into their arms, even the broken piece of warm jade. If they couldn't fit it in their arms, they stuffed it into their pants. inside.

"You, you..." Cai Ji's eyes widened, not believing what he saw. This was simply a robbery!

"Wu Lang is back!" Cai Jing roared with all his strength, and then began to gasp violently.

Cai Chi hurriedly gritted his teeth and walked back, standing with his hands down, not daring to make another sound.

Zhao Tong asked at this time: "Are there any rebels inside?"

After hearing this, the Imperial Guards ran out and said repeatedly: "Your Majesty, no, no..."

Zhao Tong looked at them and saw that one of them had too much in his arms and it was all exposed. He couldn't help but frowned and said: "Target your clothes, how disheveled are you?"

The Imperial Guards hurriedly arranged their clothes, and then Zhao Tong stood up, pointed behind him, and said in a cold voice: "There is still this bed that has not been searched!"

The imperial guards immediately swarmed up, frightening Cai Chi and the housekeeper and concubines to help Cai Jing up.

But before Cai Jing could stand firm, there was a loud "bang", and the couch was violently lifted to the side. For a while, sawdust scattered and dust flew!
Cai Jing's face turned pale instantly, his body trembled a few times, his eyes rolled, and he fainted...

(End of this chapter)