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Chapter 563 Let Wuyoudong experience the taste of despair!
Funing Palace.

Finally, the queen mother did not lie on the couch crying and whimpering, she had a rare smile on her face.

She listened to Guo Kai's report, looked at the case records sent from the Kaifeng government office, and even went through them herself.

Her old eyes were dim and she obviously couldn't see more details, but she still had a sense of participation, and she said with great satisfaction: "Judge Gongsun did a good job!"

Guo Kai immediately said in a sharp voice: "It is the sage who knows the pearl with his eyes, and Judge Gongsun can live up to his entrustment and eliminate the demon atmosphere in the capital. It's just that the officials in Taoyaofang may still have some troubles..."

The Queen Mother snorted coldly: "Don't worry about it, they can't clear the Wuyou Cave, so they dare to obstruct Judge Gongsun? The evidence of the crime is in hand, even if it makes sense, this group of people should also follow the way of Confucius," Min Yu Be careful with your words!"

The sky is big and the earth is big, and the reason is the greatest. The queen mother is full of confidence this time.

Why are scholar-bureaucrats difficult to deal with, because they can account for a word.

It is obviously the same thing, described by these scholar-bureaucrats, they can always hide the praise and criticism, guide the perception of others, and let the truth naturally stand on their side.

Of course, this kind of subtle words, spring and autumn style of writing is still a high-end way, and the more direct ones are literati notes, true and false, all kinds of slander.

After all, the public has a simple perception that when a person's reputation is bad, he will often do wrong things. On the contrary, if a person has no personal morality, the wrong things he does can be made righteous.

Among the literati and bureaucrats, there are many people with good personal virtues, such as officials and officials, and more like Sima Guang. Perfect and impeccable, because I am a moral gentleman, it is very justifiable to criticize others, but how about the ability to govern, I can only say that I understand everything...

It is precisely because the scholar-officials can occupy the commanding heights, control the right to speak, and can also put on a high-spirited attitude, the imperial power sometimes has to make concessions.

After all, it is unacceptable for the emperor to be pointed and scolded by the people of the world, and to leave a mark in the history books, and Renzong's resignation made the group of officials continue to expand, and finally developed to the current situation.

Fortunately, this time is different.

Find out the key to the Queen Mother: "Wuyoudong has accumulated grievances for a hundred years and has done countless evils. Now it has harmed the county king, and the court's dignity has been greatly damaged. Among the scholar-bureaucrats, there are people who help the tyrants and abusers. I want to see, who dare to say that Gongsun judge is not right?" !"

Guo Kai thought that what the Empress Dowager said was true, but he was used to seeing insidious things in the palace, but he didn't think that group of literati couldn't come up with ideas.

However, he didn't care about Gongsun Zhao's life and death, but cared about the Queen Mother's power: "Then Liu Langzhong of the Ministry of Punishment and Lu Shaoqing of Dali Temple have both been imprisoned. If they are convicted by Judge Gongsun, the positions of Langzhong and Shaoqing cannot be vacant. I hope the sage Check it out as soon as possible."

The use of the word "inspection" is quite good, and the Queen Mother is very satisfied: "Guo Shaojian said it well, I want to inspect it carefully!"

Although her level of political struggle is very average, after all, the empress dowager has been here for so many years, and she finally took advantage of it. Naturally, she must take advantage of this trend to suppress the opposition, promote her cronies, and control the power of the court. hands.

Thinking of it this way, it was even more flattering, the maidservant with sharp eyes immediately came to support her, got up and walked towards the Queen Mother, she felt that her back was no longer sore, her legs were no longer hurt, and even the grief over the death of her brother faded away. some.

It can be seen that power is really the best medicine, and any genius doctor will bow down.

However, at this moment, the sound of slightly hurried footsteps sounded, and an internal servant quickly entered the hall and reported: "Saint, according to the news from the Imperial City Secretary, Ren Zhengyan died of illness, and his son threatened to be a treacherous minister in power, and died in a fit of rage." Yes, the servants of each government have a lot of correspondence."

Guo Kai's complexion changed, and he also frowned at the Empress Dowager, his joy dissipated, and his anger surged: "The treacherous minister is in power? This old thief is talking about wronging the country and harming my dear ones. The old man is magnanimous to him, and he still has resentment in his heart, and he died in anger. ?”

Guo Kai's eyes moved, and he quickly knelt down: "Saint, calm down! Saint, calm down!"

When the Queen Mother saw him kneeling down, her anger dissipated slowly, and she sighed, "Get up, you have always been loyal, and I understand your painstaking efforts, this is not the time for Ren Boyu to die!"

She sat back on the couch again, her waist bent slightly, showing a sad expression.

The Empress Dowager Xiang was extremely displeased with Zuo Zhengyan, who caused her brother to die, but it was only a matter of relegation. After all, the officials were really not easy to mess with. Unexpectedly, the old man was so stubborn that he really died of illness.

After Ren Boyu died, she immediately realized how the officials would fight back.

When it comes to Wuyou Cave, it is true that no matter how you wash it, you can't wash it away, but you can bypass this matter, treat people wrong, and directly attack Gongsun Zhao.

The upright officials were driven to death. If the cause and effect were put aside, anyone would scold the treacherous ministers, but now the Queen Mother just wants to say: "This group of ministers who are not useful in the world but obstruct the handling of the case, They are treacherous, hateful! Really hateful!"

The Funing Palace was silent like cicadas, these words were very serious, and if it was spread out, it would cause an uproar, and Guo Kai saw that the Queen Mother would speak angry words every time she couldn't think of a way, he was even more helpless, although he would only play tricks, he also wanted to I don't know how to break the situation, but the reaction of the Queen Mother still disappointed these servants.

Seeing this man sitting back on the couch, his complexion turned gray again, Guo Kai thought for a while and said: "Why don't I go to the Kaifeng government office and explain this matter to Judge Gongsun? Let's see if he has some countermeasures?"

He nodded to the Queen Mother and said, "Okay, go and tell Judge Gongsun the bad news, don't think about the countermeasures, and tell him not to be too decisive with the scholar-bureaucrats involved in the case, especially those with a Jinshi background."

Guo Kaixin's head sank. He had deliberately shown his favor before, knowing that Gongsun Zhao would most likely not listen, and said some kind words without cost, but at this time what the Queen Mother said, he really wanted to make a concession.

Although scholar-officials are indeed difficult to deal with, the Empress Dowager flinched too quickly, and it even conflicted with the statement in the imperial edict that "no matter what honor or position, anyone who colludes with Wuyoudong will be severely punished according to the law, and no favoritism or forgiveness will be allowed." , I'm afraid it will chill the hearts of my subordinates!
Guo Kai left worriedly, looked at the sky to the Empress Dowager, and suddenly thought of his good son Zhao Ji: "I will take a nap for a while, and I will call me when Brother Eleven comes!"

The maid hurriedly served the Queen Mother to sleep, but the Queen Mother tossed and turned on the couch, thinking of her brother's blood feud for a while, and thinking of how hard she had become the ruling Queen Mother, but bumped into walls everywhere and couldn't fall asleep.

In a daze, when he heard the specially light footsteps, he thought it was Zhao Ji, so he couldn't help calling, "Is it Eleventh Brother?"

But the familiar high-pitched voice came, it was Guo Kai who had come back again and again: "I tell the Queen Mother, I am an old slave, Judge Gongsun has already interrogated the four criminals, and they confessed to the evidence..."

With a light sigh to the Queen Mother, with the help of the maidservant, she slowly got up: "Is it so fast? It's only been less than three hours..."

Guo Kai was also full of joy: "Judge Gongsun not only finished the interrogation, but also various testimonies showed that General Hou's guild had a major collusion with Wuyoudong. He has already led the fast-track archers from the Kaifeng government office to the guild headquarters..."

Empress Dowager Xiang's eyes lit up: "Go and investigate again!"

"Yes!"

Guo Kai took the order, ordered a few servants directly, and hurried out with him.

Not long after, one person reported: "Report! Judge Gongsun sealed off the front and back of General Hou's guild. There is some resistance in the guild, and they are forcibly breaking through!"

Waved to the empress dowager veteran: "Explore again!"

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"Report! Judge Gongsun led people to formally break into the thick generals' guild, all the thieves were arrested, and eleven officials from various divisions were found..."

"Explore again!"

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"Judge Gongsun finished arresting the criminals and brought them back to the prison in Kaifeng Mansion for interrogation. The prison is about to be full..."

"Explore again!"

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"Report! Magistrate Gongsun obtained the evidence, and continued to send manpower to order Tiexue Building to close down!"

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Just as Ren Boyu's body was cold over there, Gongsun Zhao had already captured the second restaurant, and then sealed up the third restaurant.

The reason why Tie Xue Lou was put at the end is because this restaurant, which ranks among the top of the [-] main stores, has far less influence among the common people than Tao Yao Fang and the guild behind it.

And once this kind of restaurant is directly closed, the public opinion will be detonated in an instant. With the speed of news spread by the people of Bianjing, it is guaranteed that the streets and alleys will talk about this important event.

At that time, who will care about the death of Yan Guan Ren Boyu?
Even in the process, more than a dozen scholar-officials were arrested, and there were also Jinshi and high-ranking officials of first-class background.

Even if this is still not the end.

The tide turned!
In other words, it was the enemy who was defeated in terms of speed!

The entire Funing Palace became beaming again, and stood up to the Queen Mother, her waist was no longer sore, her legs were no longer aching, and her confidence in avenging her brothers had never been stronger: "Judge Gongsun is really a capable minister, this time I must wipe out the old man." In Wuyou Cave, whether it is the thieves in the cave or those who dare to speak falsely to seek security, they will be severely punished according to the law, no favoritism or forgiveness will be allowed!"

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"One of the six major guilds was copied, and the top-ranked main store was closed. Such drastic changes have shaken the entire Bianjing. Wuyoudong should also be aware of it. It's time for us to act!"

Just when all parties were stunned by the flood of news, Li Yan also took action.

Before that, everything was ready, only the east wind was owed.

Now the east wind is blowing by Gongsun Zhao.

So he held a gun, Lu Junyi held a stick, Suo Chao held a big axe, and the three of them entered Wuyou Cave with dry food and water bags.

Compared with the previous two who are so familiar, Suo Chao went deep into this area for the first time, and he was so excited that it was hard to add.

But he soon discovered that although there were traces of thieves' activities in many places, the thieves were nowhere to be seen, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange.

Lu Junyi explained the doubt: "My brother used to come to the cave to punish thieves before, and those thieves were afraid of my brother's supernatural power, so they all retreated into the depths."

Suo Chao suddenly realized, and said with great admiration: "No wonder the number of people in Bianjing who have been kidnapped by Wuyou Cave has indeed decreased a lot recently. When I first heard people talking about it, I thought it was just an illusion. I didn't expect that it was Brother Lin who was silently punishing the thieves!"

"The imperial court announced with great fanfare that they would clear Wuyou Cave, but they didn't do any work at all. Brother Lin went into the cave alone and killed the culprits, but he never said anything about it. He is a true righteous man and a true hero!"

Li Yandao: "It's all about what you can do. You sleep every day, and there is this filthy place underneath, so you can't sleep well."

Lu Junyi sneered and said: "I think the officials in the capital are sleeping very soundly. In their eyes, party struggle is more important than anything else. How can they care about the life and death of the people?"

Li Yandao: "You can't beat everyone to death with one stick. This Wuyou Cave is really hard to destroy. If you can kill the thieves easily, the officials in Beijing will still take action. Judge Gongsun will not wait until now. Now we have gone through such a After working so hard, I finally see hope, so don’t take it lightly.”

Lu Junyi and Suo Chao said in unison: "Yes!"

They not only promised verbally, when they found several thieves rushing in along the path, Suo Chao really wanted to yell, "The thief who stole the delivery, you are here!" First look at Li Yan for advice.

Li Yan patted him on the shoulder, made a gesture of standing still, and a low and clear voice came to his ears: "Don't kill these messengers, let them pass the news in, let Wuyoudong know, the outside world is colluding with them What an end for the power of the people, and we keep the food road..."

The two understood, and said calmly: "It's time for Wuyoudong to experience what it feels like to be desperate!"

(End of this chapter)